"Boy Wanted": A Book of Cheerful Counsel
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Excerpt from Boy Wanted: A Book of Cheerful Counsel N presenting this book of cheerful counsel to his youthful friends, and such of the seniors as are not too old to ac cept a bit of friendly admonition, the author desires to Offer a word of explanation regarding the history of the making of this volume. So many letters have been received from people of all classes and ages requesting Copies of some of the author's lines best suited for the purpose of engendering a sense of self-help in the mind of youth, that he deems it expedient to offer a number of his verses in the present collected form....
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- “Boy Wanted”
- OTHER BOOKS By NIXON WATERMAN
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- “BOY WANTED” CHAPTER I THE AWAKENING
- “BOY WANTED”
- “COULDN’T” AND “COULD”
- DELIVER THE GOODS
- CHAPTER II “AM I A GENIUS?”
- STICK TO IT
- KEEP PEGGING AWAY
- THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
- CHAPTER III OPPORTUNITY
- “MYSELF AND I”
- RIGHT HERE AND JUST NOW
- KEEP A-TRYING
- CHAPTER IV OVER AND UNDERDOING
- MAKING A MAN
- HOW TO WIN SUCCESS
- THE STEADY WORKER
- CHAPTER V THE VALUE OF SPARE MOMENTS
- THE “GOING-TO-BEES”
- “JUST A MINUTE”
- DO IT NOW!
- CHAPTER VI CHEERFULNESS
- “TO KNOW ALL IS TO FORGIVE ALL”
- A CURE FOR TROUBLE
- THE ONE WITH A SONG
- A SMILE AND A TASK
- AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PESSIMIST
- CHAPTER VII DREAMING AND DOING
- THE PLEASURES OF “IFFING”
- THE POWER OF HOPE
- HANK STREETER’S BRAIN-WAVE
- THE VALLEY OF NEVER
- THE DIFFERENCE
- “YENDER GRASS”
- CHAPTER VIII “TRIFLES”
- “I WISH” AND “I WILL”
- “NOW” AND “WAITAWHILE”
- CHAPTER IX THE WORTH OF ADVICE
- THE WORLD’S VICTORS
- MY BOYHOOD DREAMS
- CHAPTER X REAL SUCCESS
- ON GETTING RICH
- THE MOTHER’S DREAM
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