GOLDEN STEPS
TO
Respectability, Usefulness, and Happiness
BEING A SERIES OF LECTURES TO
YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES,
ON
CHARACTER, PRINCIPLES, ASSOCIATES, AMUSEMENTS,
RELIGION, AND MARRIAGE.
BY JOHN MATHER AUSTIN,
AUTHOR OF VOICE TO YOUTH, VOICE TO MARRIED, ETC., ETC.
"Onward! onward! Toils despising,
Upward, upward! Turn thine eyes,
Only be content when rising,
Fix thy goal amid the skies."
Auburn:
Derby, Miller, and Company
1851
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CONTENTS.
[PREFACE.]
[LECTURE I.] THE VALUE OF A GOOD REPUTATION [LECTURE II.] THE PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF LIFE [LECTURE III.] SELECTION OF ASSOCIATES [LECTURE IV.] THE HABITS AND AMUSEMENTS [LECTURE V.] THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS [LECTURE VI.] MARRIAGE |