Famous European Artists

AUTHOR OF POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS, GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS, STORIES FROM LIFE, FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS, FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN, SOCIAL STUDIES IN ENGLAND, FROM HEART AND NATURE, FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE, ETC.
Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live, and it is in your power. —Marcus Aurelius.
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MICHAEL ANGELO.

Hermann Grimm says, Reverence for what is great is a universal feeling.... When we look at great men, it is as if we saw a victorious army, the flower of a people, marching along.... They all speak one common language, know nothing of castes, of noble or pariah; and he who now or in times to come thinks or acts like them rises up to them, and is admitted into their circle.
Possibly, by reading of these great men some may be led to think and act like them, and thus be admitted into their circle. All of these possessed untiring industry and a resolute purpose to succeed. Most were poor in early life.
S. K. B.