Little Visits

Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain Them

Name: Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain Them
Author: Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924 [Editor]

作者：Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924 [Editor]
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LITTLE VISITS WITH GREAT AMERICANS
Or
Edited by
Orison Swett Marden
PREFACE
THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS
INVENTION.
MANUFACTURE.
COMMERCE.
FINANCE.
TRANSPORTATION.
LABOR.
PUBLIC LIFE.
EDUCATION AND LITERATURE.
ART.
AMUSEMENT.
PHILANTHROPY.
DIVINITY.
CANADIANS.
INTRODUCTION
THE EDITOR.
BOOK ONE
INSPIRATIONAL TALKS
WITH FAMOUS AMERICANS.
Success Maxims
HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A BANKER.
HIS FIRST EXPERIMENTS.
A NOVEL METHOD OF TELEGRAPHING.
HIS FIRST PATENT.
POVERTY AS AN INCENTIVE TO EFFORT.
NEVER DID ANYTHING WORTH WHILE BY CHANCE.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INVENTORS.
THE WIZARD AT HOME.
MRS. EDISON IS ALSO AN INVENTOR OF GOOD ABILITY.
RISES EARLY AND WORKS LONG.
II
THE MAN WHOSE GUNS WILL CLEAR A JUNGLE.
HIS BRAIN IS BUILT UP OF INVENTIVE CELLS.
BITING OFF THE DOG’S TAIL.
PAT’S ANXIETY TO TRY “THE BOSS,” AND ITS RESULT.
HOW THE MAINE “BACKWOODSMAN” CAPTURED A ROBBER.
FROM GAS MACHINES TO INCANDESCENT LAMPS.
THE GENESIS OF THE AUTOMATIC GUN.
AUTOMATIC GUNS MADE SMOKELESS POWDER INDISPENSABLE.
HOW LI HUNG CHANG BECAME INTERESTED IN MAXIM.
HOW A FIRST-CLASS FRAUD WAS EXPOSED.
III
IT IS HARDER NOW TO GET A START.
MR. CARNEGIE’S FIRST WAGES.
HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF PARADISE.
IT IS BEST TO BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM.
HE WAS AN EXPERT TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
THE RIGHT MEN IN DEMAND.
HOW TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.
CARNEGIE AND THE SLEEPING-CAR.
THE MARK OF A MILLIONAIRE.
A FORTUNATE LAND PURCHASE.
THE HOMESTEAD STEEL WORKS.
A STRENGTHENING POLICY.
MR. CARNEGIE’S PHILANTHROPY.
CARNEGIE’S VIEWS ON THRIFT.
Once he wrote on the subject of thrift for a Scottish journal. He said:—
IV
HOW HE BECAME MAYOR OF DETROIT.
A GREAT CHANGE PROPHESIED.
HE WAS NOT A DEMAGOGUE.
GOVERNOR PINGREE’S LUXURIOUS HOME.
Determined not to Remain Poor, a Farmer Boy Becomes a Merchant Prince
HIS PARENTS HELPED HIM.
ALWAYS INTERESTED IN COMMERCE.
HIS PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS.
PERSEVERANCE, MR. FIELD’S ESSENTIAL TRAIT.
QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS.
VI
Honesty, the Foundation of a Great Merchant’s Career
A STANCH INHERITANCE.
HE WAS ALWAYS PROMPT.
STEP BY STEP UPWARD.
SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES.
ECONOMICAL WAYS.
CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPIST.
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG MERCHANTS.
CONDITIONS THEN AND NOW.
THE VALUE OF “PUSH.”
VII
SIR THOMAS WAS WON.
WHEN HE BORROWED FIVE CENTS.
AMERICAN BUSINESS METHODS GAVE HIM HIS START.
HE OWNS NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED STORES.
CHANCES FOR YOUNG MEN TO-DAY.
VIII
A Self-made Man who Strives to Give others a Chance
AN AGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
I asked Mr. Mills when he would be ready for me, and he replied:—
THE FIRST HUNDRED DOLLARS.
TRAITS OF INFLUENTIAL MEN.
SOME SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER.
A WORD ABOUT CHEAP HOTELS.
IX
HE BEGAN AS A GROCERY CLERK.
NO LUCK IN HIS ACHIEVEMENT.
STRICT HONESTY IS NECESSARY.
WHEN YOU START IN LIFE IN A STRANGE CITY, DO NOT EXPECT “SOFT SNAPS.”
THE PUBLIC WOULD RATHER INVEST ITS MONEY IN MEN THAN IN FINE BUILDINGS.
XI
FROM THE FOUNDATION UP.
WISE DEVELOPMENT OF INHERITED TENDENCIES.
HE WILL MASTER EVERY DETAIL.
WORKING AS A MACHINIST.
XII
HE WAS SO POOR HE HAD TO DO HIS OWN COOKING.
IT IS WELL TO KNOW WHAT MEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
HE TRIED TO DO MORE THAN HE WAS PAID TO DO.
THERE ARE AS GOOD CHANCES IN THE WORLD TO-DAY.
XIII
HE INHERITED A TASTE FOR HARD WORK.
HE LOVED HIS WORK.
A NICKNAME THAT BECAME A REAL TITLE.
AN IMPORTANT MISSION WELL PERFORMED.
HOW HE WAS ELECTED TO THE PRESIDENCY OF HIS COMPANY.
HIGH-PRICED MEN ARE IN DEMAND.
XIV
LOOKS LIKE EDWIN FORREST.
HE WORKED IN A FACTORY AT TEN.
THE LATER ARISTOCRACY.
THE NEED OF ORGANIZED LABOR.
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION.
FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY.
STRIKES AS A LAST RESORT.
I asked him to what he attributed his success in his life-work.
XV
YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS.
OPPORTUNITIES AND TALENTS.
THE CITIZENSHIP THAT COUNTS.
THE BOYHOOD OF ROOSEVELT.
WHERE HE GAINED STRENUOSITY.
HE DASHED INTO THE VORTEX OF THE CHASE.
HE SHOWED PIONEERS HOW TO WINTER CATTLE.
HE CIVILIZED MANY “BAD MEN” BY HIS INFLUENCE.
HIS FRONTIER LIFE WAS AMPLY WORTH THE WHILE.
XVI
SIX YEARS OF INDIAN FIGHTING.
HIS RECORD IN THE CIVIL WAR.
A LOYAL, DAUNTLESS LEADER.
A YOUNG MAN’S CHANCES IN THE ARMY.
CHARACTER THE FOUNDATION OF TRUE COURAGE.
COURAGE NATURAL TO AMERICANS.
XVII
A YOUNG LAWYER’S CHANCES THEN AND NOW.
ARE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES NECESSARY?
WHAT SUCCESS MEANS.
THE GOOD LUCK OF BEING PREPARED.
TURNING OBSTACLES INTO AIDS.
DOES LACK OF OPPORTUNITY JUSTIFY.
MR. CHOATE’S ANTECEDENTS.
DOES SUCCESS BRING CONTENT AND HAPPINESS.
THE DELUSION OF LUXURY AND EASE.
MR. CHOATE’S SHARE OF NEW YORK’S LAW BUSINESS.
XVIII
HE HAD TO EARN HIS OWN WAY.
HE ENTERED YALE AT EIGHTEEN.
HIS BEGINNING AS AN ORATOR.
A SALARY OF $25,000 A YEAR.
OPPORTUNITIES OF TO-DAY.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF SUCCESS.
XIX
A SCHOOL TEACHER AT EIGHTEEN.
THE STRANGE RESULT OF A LECTURE.
HIS IDEA OF GENUINE SUCCESS.
XX
HIS START AS A BOY.
ALWAYS FOND OF READING.
A TASTE OF MINING LIFE
THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
MR. PLATT’S CHARACTERISTICS.
XXI
HIS FIRST SPECULATION.
AT WORK IN A ROLLING MILL.
A FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE.
HIS VOLUNTEER GERMAN FRIEND.
HIS FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS.
TOM REED LISTENED.
A PEN PICTURE OF TOM JOHNSON.
XXII
President Schurman says of his early life:—
HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF.
THE TURNING POINT OF HIS LIFE.
A SPLENDID COLLEGE RECORD.
COLLEGE-BRED MEN ARE IN DEMAND
XXIII
IKE WALTON’S PRAYER.
THROWN ON HIS OWN RESOURCES.
WHY HE LONGED TO BE A BAKER.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE DEPENDS ON THE FOUNDATION.
A LITERARY LIFE MEANS WORK.
A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS AN ADVANTAGE.
THE LITTLE COAT.
XXIV
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
ONE OF THE GREAT POEMS OF THE CENTURY.
HIS MOTHER WAS BOTH PRACTICAL AND POETIC.
HE GAINED VALUABLE DISCIPLINE ON A FARM.
BYRON’S POEMS INSPIRED HIM.
ANSWERING HIS CRITICS.
SEED SOWN LONG AGO.
XXV
HOW HER BEST POEMS WERE WRITTEN.
THE CREED.
SHE IS A PRONOUNCED OPTIMIST.
DO NOT FEAR CRITICISM.
MERIT IS NOT ALWAYS DISCOVERED QUICKLY.
EDITORS ARE ANXIOUS FOR GOOD ARTICLES.
PERSEVERANCE COUNTS IN AUTHORSHIP.
WILL-POWER
XXVI
EARLY IDEALS.
ACQUIRING A LITERARY STYLE.
HIS POEMS ALWAYS WERE REJECTED.
HIS FIRST EDITORIAL POSITION.
AN EXPERIENCE IN COLLABORATION.
THE REWARDS OF LITERATURE.
WHAT TRUE HAPPINESS IS.
XXVII
HE WAS A CARELESS STUDENT.
HE LOVED TO READ.
A FATHER’S FRUITFUL WARNING.
HIS FIRST LITERARY EFFORT.
THE ORIGIN OF “BEN HUR.”
CONVERTED WHILE WRITING HIS OWN BOOK.
XXVIII
HER FIRST NOVEL.
BOOKS SHE ENJOYED.
HER CHARACTERS ARE FROM LIFE.
IN LOVE WITH HER WORK.
SHE IS A GENTLE, FORCEFUL WOMAN.
XXIX
A MOST INTERESTING STUDIO.
HE WAS NOT A PRECOCIOUS BOY.
HIS WORK WAS ENCOURAGED.
HE ALWAYS TAKES PAINS.
PERSISTENCE AND HARD WORK COUNT.
XXX
ART IGNORES NOISE.
GIRLS’ CHANCES AS ILLUSTRATORS.
HOW SHE BEGAN.
XXXI
REMINGTON’S SCHOOLBOY EFFECTS.
REMINGTON’S ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
HOW HIS WAR PICTURES ARE MADE.
COLOR OF THE PLAINS.
HIS FIRST SKETCH.
XXXII
DAVENPORT’S UNIQUE STUDIO.
HE DREW CARTOONS IN SCHOOL.
HIS FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT.
AT TEN DOLLARS A WEEK.
HE WAS DISCHARGED IN CHICAGO.
IN CLOVER AT LAST.
XXXIII
A NATURAL ARTIST WILL NEVER REQUIRE AN INSTRUCTOR.
IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR MISTAKES, NO ONE ELSE CAN.
Mr. Gibson laid down his pencil, but he continued thus:—
THE VALUE OF ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALITY.
WHILE STUDYING ART, ONE SHOULD WORK INCESSANTLY.
Page 53, “They” changed to “There” (There were no fine libraries)
Page 80, “Phenix” changed to “Phœnix” (Phœnix-like)
Page 168, “that” changed to “what” (I felt what Oliver Wendall)
Page 215, “neccessary” changed to “necessary” (made it necessary to)
Page 231, “you” changed to “your” (turn your attention to)
Page 275, “Reedemer” changed to “Redeemer” (a Redeemer, Son of God)
Page 308, “awhile” changed to “a while” (rest for a while)