The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service
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Chapters (34)(click to expand)
- NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
- DEDICATION
- FOREWORD.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAP.
- INFLUENCE, AND THE ATMOSPHERE MAN CARRIES.
- CHAPTER I.
- LIFE'S GREAT HEARTS, AND THE HELPFULNESS OF THE HIGHER MANHOOD.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE INVESTMENT OF TALENT AND ITS RETURN.
- CHAPTER III.
- VICARIOUS LIVES AS INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- GENIUS, AND THE DEBT OF STRENGTH.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE TIME ELEMENT IN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER AND SOCIAL GROWTH.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE SUPREMACY OF HEART OVER BRAIN.
- CHAPTER VII.
- RENOWN THROUGH SELF-RENUNCIATION.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE GENTLENESS OF TRUE GIANTHOOD.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE THUNDER OF SILENT FIDELITY:
- CHAPTER X.
- INFLUENCE, AND THE STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN OPPORTUNITY.
- CHAPTER XI.
- INFLUENCE, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF REACTION IN LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE LOVE THAT PERFECTS LIFE.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- HOPE'S HARVEST, AND THE FAR-OFF INTEREST OF TEARS.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- INDEX.
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