Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
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About This Book
"This above all - To thin own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."SHAKESPEARE."Might I give counsel to any young man, I would say to him, trv to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly." W. M. THACKERAY.
Chapters (60)
- SELF HELP WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONDUCT AND PERSEVERANCE.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. Self-Help—National and Individual.
- CHAPTER II. Leaders of Industry—Inventors and Producers.
- CHAPTER III. The Great Potters—Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood.
- CHAPTER IV. Application and Perseverance.
- CHAPTER V. Helps and Opportunities—Scientific Pursuits.
- CHAPTER VI. Workers in Art.
- CHAPTER VII. Industry and the Peerage.
- CHAPTER VIII. Energy and Courage.
- CHAPTER IX. Men of Business.
- CHAPTER X. Money—Its Use and Abuse.
- CHAPTER XI. Self-Culture—Facilities and Difficulties.
- CHAPTER XII. Example—Models.
- CHAPTER XIII. Character—The True Gentleman.
- FOOTNOTES
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- p. viii
- p. ix
- p. x
- p. xi
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- p. xiii
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- 27
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- p. xviii
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- p. xix
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- p. 94
- p. 118
- p. 154
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