Introductory Note.
“Little Visits” is not merely a story-book or a collection of biographies and autobiographies. The life stories which it contains are intensely interesting, many of them even dramatic. The autobiographies—that is, the life stories of eminent men and women told by themselves—are unique; no such collection is elsewhere in existence. It is not, however, merely a book to be read once for the stories and cast aside.
“Little Visits” is a collection of Ideas, each stamped with the mint mark of a great personality. It contains symposiums by fifty-six men and women—who by common consent are considered to have achieved success—on the elements and methods of a successful career. To make this wealth of ideas easily and quickly available as an aid to those of all ages who aspire to achieve something beyond the ordinary in life, we have prepared this Topical Index. It constitutes a syllabus for study of the great problems of human life and destiny.
Early advantages, luck, friends, influence, environment and heredity—defects in which are adduced so often to justify failure—receive little attention. The fact that opportunity exists within the man himself; the possibility of self-culture by reading and home study; the importance of choosing the right career; the methods and the qualities which should be practised and cultivated; and the ideals which should be sought for—these are the perennial seed thoughts which should be planted in the minds and hearts of our own and coming generations, and they constitute the contents of the present volumes.
The teachings of “Little Visits” are many-sided. Light is thrown upon each problem from every angle. Many points of view are represented by the various speakers. The words of each, weighted by the vast achievements and well-known reputation of all, cannot fail to sink deeply into the mind of every reader. Like begets like. The ideas of great men are essentially great ideas, and in turn they will beget greatness in the lives of all who adopt and follow them.
The attention of parents and teachers, and of the ambitious youth of both sexes, is directed to the usefulness of this Topical Index (and also of the Biographical Index which precedes it) in preparation for the solemn responsibilities of guiding aright the lives which are entrusted to their keeping and for self-guidance. The material here indexed for convenient reference is absolutely invaluable for the preparation of homilies, sermons, addresses and informal talks to the young, or indeed to any audience. The spicy and pithy anecdotes and incidents in the lives of eminent persons, each authenticated by the fact that they are given in the speaker’s own language, are exceedingly valuable for purposes of illustration. The book is especially recommended as a source of material in the preparation of compositions, themes and essays, and also for its cultural value, as supplementary reading for pupils in our common and high schools.
The Publishers.
TOPICAL INDEX.[B]
Ability, see [Success Qualities].
Accommodating, see [Success Qualities].
Achievements:
Acme Sucker Rod, Jones, [498]
American Federation of Labor, Gompers, [168]
Appliances for oil production, Jones, [503]
Automatic gun, Maxim, [43]
Battle-ships, Maxim, [47]
“Ben Hur,” Wallace, [303]
Blue shadows, Remington, [331]
Books, Burroughs, [412]
“Broncho Buster,” Remington, [331]
Business king, Armour, [523]
Busts, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Canadian Pacific R. R., Van Horne, [490]
Employees over ten thousand, Lipton, [113]
Flying machines, Maxim, [47]
First iron bridge across Ohio, Carnegie, [63]
Gas machines, Maxim, [42]
Guns, Maxim, [47]
Homestead Steel Works, Carnegie, [64]
Inventions, six hundred, Edison, [30]
Laws, Gompers, [169]
Mayoralty of Detroit, Pingree, [75]
Metropolitan Street Railway System, Vreeland, [163]
Minneapolis Tribune, Conwell, [428]
Mr. Dinkelspiel, Opper, [353]
My life, Burroughs, [411]
Operas and Marches, Sousa, [386]
Partnership, Field, [85]
Poems, Wilcox, [274]
Poems, Markham, [270]
Political honors, Depew, [215]
“Puck,” Opper, [357]
Rapid-fire gun, Maxim, [36]
Scholarship, Schurman, [248]
Smokeless powder, Maxim, [46]
Statue, Remington, [331]
Statues, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Statue, Ruckstuhl, [360]
Statues, Shrady, [369]
Steam motors, Maxim, [43]
Steel works, Carnegie, [63]
Stores, Lipton, [112]
Submarine cable device, Edison, [24]
“Suburban Resident,” Opper, [357]
Telegraphic recorder, Edison, [23]
“The Fair God,” Wallace, [302]
Titles, Maxim, [36]
U. S. Express Co., Platt, [225]
U. S. Express Co., Platt, [230]
Vanderbilt system, head of, Depew, [213]
Victories, Miles, [189]
Acme Sucker Rod, see [Achievements].
Actors, biographies of, see [Careers].
Actresses, biographies of, see [Careers].
Adaptability, see [Success Qualities].
Advantage:
Early, Choate, [199]
Good advice and personal popularity, Choate, [199]
Money, opportunity, friends, Choate, [198]
Ambition, see [Success Qualities].
America, opportunity in, see [Opportunity].
America, women singers in, see [Opportunity].
American Federation of Labor, see [Achievements].
American stock, see [Heredity].
Amusement, see [Careers].
Anecdotes:
A Little Story, Borden, [453]
A Father’s Warning, Wallace, [299]
American Marshall, Wilder, [377]
Armour and the Panic, Armour, [526]
Borrowing a Postage Stamp, Jones, [502]
Borrowing Five Cents, Lipton, [110]
Broken “Holt,” Burroughs, [407]
Burroughs and Gould, Burroughs, [406]
Captured by Mosby’s Men, Pingree, [73]
Carnegie and the Sleeping Car, Carnegie, [60]
Chances for Young Men, Dolliver, [222]
Chartered Train, Sousa, [389]
Chinese Medal, Maxim, [48]
Colonel Anderson’s Library, Carnegie, [53]
Confidence Man, Maxim, [41]
Congressman’s Fame, Dolliver, [221]
Dangerous Crossing, Blair, [478]
De Mores Incident, Roosevelt, [185]
Dog’s Tail, Maxim, [38]
Dowe Scheme, Maxim, [49]
Dutchman’s Oath, Wilder, [376]
Elected to the Presidency, Vreeland, [160]
Emersonian Essays, Burroughs, [409]
First Patent, Edison, [25]
First Speech in Congress, Johnson, [240]
First Trip West, Platt, [229]
Founding of Armour Institute, Armour, [521]
Funny Little Man, Wilder, [371]
How He Became Deaf, Edison, [20]
How He Learned Telegraphy, Edison, [21]
How He Joined the Marine Band, Sousa, [385]
“I’ll be President,” Vreeland, [156]
Important Mission, Vreeland, [158]
Joe Jefferson’s Life, Wilder, [374]
Knighted by the Queen, Van Horne, [491]
Life Prisoner, Wilder, [378]
London Physician, Van Horne, [495]
Lord Wolseley and Smokeless Powder, Maxim, [45]
Never Mind the Gas, Wilder, [376]
Nordica’s First Engagement, Nordica, [547]
Origin of Smokeless Powder, Maxim, [45]
Rapid-fire Gun in Switzerland, Maxim, [46]
Richard and the Crown Prince, Mansfield, [383]
“Salting” a “Hayseed,” Edison, [24]
Save Me a Spare-rib, Wilder, [375]
School-boy Compositions, Burroughs, [406]
Terrific Storm, Lipton, [112]
Trying the Boss, Maxim, [40]
Two Small Boys, Sousa, [388]
Vampire, Choate, [200]
Volunteer German Friend, Johnson, [239]
“Your Eyre,” Harrison, [309]
Application, see [Success Qualities].
Apprentice, see [Methods].
Arbitration, see [Methods].
“Aristocracy,” see [Success Ideals].
Art, see [Careers].
Artist, see [Careers].
Association, with able men, Borden, [451]
Attention, see [Success Qualities].
Authors, biographies of, see [Careers].
Automatic gun, see [Achievements].
Bad habits, see [Dangers].
Banking, see [Careers].
Bar, see [Careers].
Battle-ships, see [Achievements].
Beginning at the bottom, see [Start in Life].
“Ben Hur,” see [Achievements].
Bent:
Art must be inborn, Gibson, [343]
Boyhood sketches, Opper, [354]
Leaning toward business, Field, [82]
Fitted for railroading, Vanderbilt, [141]
Inclination for mechanics, Vanderbilt, [139]
Invention born in a man, Edison, [27]
Mechanics, natural to, Clowry, [146]
Natural bent for singing, Nordica, [543]
School-boy sketches, Remington, [328]
Talent must be cultivated, Shrady, [370]
Best, see [Methods].
Blacksmith, see [Careers].
Blindness, see [Obstacles].
Books, see [Reading].
Bottom of the ladder, see [Start in life].
British Government, see [Fame].
“Broncho Buster,” see [Achievements].
Busts, see [Achievements].
Business ability, see [Success Qualities].
Canada, opportunity in, see [Opportunity].
Canadian Pacific R. R., see [Achievements].
Canadians, biographies of, see [Careers].
Canniness, see [Success Qualities].
Careers:
Actors, biographies of, [677]
Actresses, biographies of, [681]
Amusements, Wilder, [373]
Art, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Artist, Opper, [354]
Authors, biographies of, [702]
Banking, Gage, [133], [135]
Bar, called to, Borden, [450]
Blacksmith, Collyer, [442]
Canadians, biographies of, [687], [700], [716]
Cartoonists, biographies of, [691]
Choice of, Abbey, [314], [315]
Choosing a career, Herreshoff, [534]
Commerce, Field, [83]
Commercial, mechanical or scientific pursuits in Canada, London, [483]
Could succeed at anything, Maxim, [38]
Decorators, biographies of, [690]
Divines, biographies of, [714]
Editors, biographies of, [660]
Educators, biographies of, [656]
Explorers, biographies of, [652]
Farm, Van Horne, [496]
Farmer in politics, simplicity, sense, Borden, [452]
Father was a farmer, Burroughs, [405]
Farmers, scientific, Loudon, [484]
Finance, Burroughs, [408]
Financiers, biographies of, [638]
“Finding one’s self,” Shrady, [366]
Humorists, biographies of, [693]
Illustrators, biographies of, [690]
Illustrating for girls, Stephens, [323], [324]
Industrial leaders, biographies of, [620]
Inventors, biographies of, [633]
Journalism, Conwell, [429]
Journalists, biographies of, [695]
Jurists, biographies of, [644]
Law, keep out of, Platt, [232]
Law, Borden, [451]
Law, Dolliver, [220]
Law office politics, Parent, [464]
Lawyers, biographies of, [644]
Lawyer, orator, Gunsaulus, [433]
Lecturing, Conwell, [431]
Lecturers, biographies of, [683]
Literature, Riley, [258], [259], [260]
Manufacturers, biographies of, [624]
Mechanics and R. R. finance, Vanderbilt, [139], [140], [141]
Merchants, biographies of, [636]
Ministry, Gunsaulus, [434]
Music as a vocation, Nordica, [543]
Musicians, biographies of, [670]
Novelists, biographies of, [704]
Orators, biographies of, [668]
Oratory, Depew, [217]
Organizers, biographies of, [683]
Painting, Shrady, [366]
Philanthropists, biographies of, [712]
Poets, biographies of, [697]
Political field, Depew, [214]
Political leaders, biographies of, [641]
Political life in Canada, Blair, [477]
Politics, Depew, [211]
Politics, Dolliver, [221]
Politics, Jones, [508]
Politics, public utilities, Jones, [509]
Politics, young men in, Roosevelt, [174]
Practice of law, Conwell, [428]
Preacher, merchant, lawyer, politician, doctor, Gunsaulus, [433]
Preparation, Depew, [210]
Preparation, Howells, [286]
Private secretary, Gould, [417]
Publishers, biographies of, [663]
Railroad business, Van Horne, [493]
Railroad official, Depew, [212]
Reformers, biographies of, [708]
Sailors, biographies of, [648]
Sculptor, poet, artist, Ruckstuhl, [358]
Sculptors, biographies of, [690]
Singers, biographies of, [674]
Soldiers, biographies of, [648]
Statesmen, biographies of, [617]
Stick to your calling, Vreeland, [162]
Teacher, instructor, Borden, [450]
Telegraphy, Carnegie, [54], [55], [57]
Telegraphy, Edison, [21], [23], [24]
Telegraphy, learning, Clowry, [145], [146], [147]
Train despatcher, Van Horne, [487]
Transportation, leaders, biographies of, [629]
Travellers, biographies of, [652]
Treasury, Burroughs, [408]
United States Army, Miles, [193]
Writing for children, Keller, [393]
Writers, biographies of, [695]
Writers, suggestions to, Wilcox, [276], [281]
Cartoonists, biographies of, see [Careers].
Change, see [Recreation].
Character, see [Success Ideals].
Character, see [Success Qualities].
Chinese Medal, see [Anecdotes].
Civil service, see [Careers].
Civil War, Conwell, [427]
Clerking, see [Start in life].
Colleges, see [Education].
Common school, see [Education].
Commerce, see [Careers].
Common sense, see [Success Qualities].
Compositor, see [Start in life].
Conceit, see [Dangers].
Concentration, see [Success Qualities].
Concentration of business, see [Dangers].
Conservatism, see [Success Qualities].
Consistency, see [Success Qualities].
Content, see [Success Ideals].
Contentment, see [Success Ideals].
Convictions, see [Success Qualities].
Copying records, see [Start in life].
Cordiality, see [Success Qualities].
Corresponding with papers, see [Start in life].
Country school teacher, see [Start in life].
Courage, see [Success Qualities].
Crippled, see [Obstacles].
Cuba, opportunity in, see [Opportunity].
Culture, see [Success Ideals].
Dangers:
Conceit, Davenport, [339]
Concentration of business, Jones, [508]
Content in idleness, Choate, [204]
Expensive habits, smoking, Mills, [120]
Hurry, haste, Loudon, [481]
Idleness, Gould, [417]
Idleness, Mills, [117]
Indulgence, Herreshoff, [534]
Inexperience, lack of tact, Mills, [123]
Luxuries, wealth, power, Burroughs, [410]
Over-estimate of ability, inaction, Choate, [202]
Overwork, Markham, [269]
Ruts, Strauss, [423]
Salary, Van Horne, [493]
Weak points, Herreshoff, [538]
Dauntlessness, see [Success Qualities].
Deafness, see [Obstacle].
Decision, see [Turning Point].
Decision, see [Success Qualities].
Deliberation, see [Success Qualities].
Determination, see [Success Qualities].
Devotion, see [Success Qualities].
Dignity, see [Success Qualities].
Discipline, see [Success Qualities].
Discipline, see [Methods].
Discouragement, see [Failure].
Dispatcher, see [Careers].
Divines, biographies of, see [Careers].
Doctor, see [Careers].
Doing good, see [Success Ideals].
Drink, see [Health].
Drug-store, retail, see [Start in life].
Dutch parentage, see [Heredity].
Early poverty, see [Start in life].
Early rising, see [Methods].
Early training, see [Methods].
Earnestness, see [Success Qualities].
Earning his way, see [Start in life].
Economy, see [Success Qualities].
Economy, see [Methods].
Editors, biographies of, see [Careers].
Educators, biographies of, see [Careers].
Education, see [Success Ideals].
Education, contentment, Keller, [401]
Education:
A careless student, Wallace, [297]
Advantage of, Platt, [227]
Advice how to obtain, Conwell, [430]
College an advantage, Riley, [260]
College discipline inadequate, Herreshoff, [535]
College not necessary, Field, [90]
College men in demand, Schurman, [250]
College not necessary, Gompers, [167]
College profitable, Platt, [227]
College practical, Roosevelt, [175]
College vs. home, Gage, [135]
Common school sufficient, Clowry, [151]
Cut short, Armour, [514]
Education for women, H. Gould, [417]
Effects of, Keller, [398]
Elementary education, Schurman, [245]
High school sufficient, Field, [82]
Home study in art, Opper, [355]
Of artists, Abbey, [319]
Of the blind and deaf, Keller, [397]
Necessary for soldiers, Miles, [192]
Reading my college course, Collyer, [443]
Self-culture, example of, Howells, [283]
Self-culture in art, Gibson, [344]
Self-culture in art, Shrady, [367]
Student life in Paris, Ruckstuhl, [361]
Teaching of drawing, Gibson, [345]
Training in music, Nordica, [545]
Value of, Gage, [136]
Village school, Opper, [354]
Effort, see [Success Qualities].
Eight-hour work day, see [Work].
Energy, see [Success Qualities].
Enterprise, see [Success Qualities].
Enthusiasm,
see [Success Qualities].
Essays, see [Reading].
Evening study, see [Reading].
“Evening,” statue, Ruckstuhl, [362]
Example, see [Success Ideals].
Executive ability, see [Success Qualities].
Exercise, see [Health].
Experience, see [Methods].
Explorers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Failure:
Began life with, Parent, [464]
Discouragement, Ruckstuhl, [363]
Justify failure, Choate, [201]
“What a failure I am,” Davenport, [338]
Fame, see [Success Ideals].
Farming, see [Careers].
Farmer’s boy, see [Start in life].
Farming conditions, see [Start in life].
Fidelity, see [Success Qualities].
Finance, see [Careers].
Financiers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Flying machines, see [Achievements].
“Force,” statue, Ruckstuhl, [362]
Forceful, see [Success Qualities].
Foresight, see [Success Qualities].
Frankness, see [Success Qualities].
Freedom, see [Success Ideals].
French descent, see [Heredity].
French Huguenots, see [Heredity].
Friends, Keller, [400]
Frugality, see [Success Qualities].
Gameness, see [Success Qualities].
Gas machine, see [Achievements].
Genius, see [Success Qualities].
Gift, see [Bent].
Goethe, bust, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Golden Mean, see [Success Ideals].
Golden Rule, see [Methods].
Good habits, see [Success Qualities].
Good judgment, see [Success Qualities].
Grocery clerk, see [Start in life].
Habit, see [Methods].
Habits, see [Health].
Happiness, see [Success Ideals].
Hard work, see [Success Qualities].
“Hartranft,” statue, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Haste, see [Dangers].
Health:
A prime requisite, Roosevelt, [181]
Good habits, Sage, [130]
Habits, Platt, [233]
Keeping healthy, Edison, [34]
Large and strong, Maxim, [40]
Methods of securing, Smith, [456]
Powerful physique, Nordica, [555]
Heeding advice, see [Success Qualities].
Heredity:
American stock, Platt, [226]
Chip of the old block, Vanderbilt, [142]
Dutch parentage, Edison, [19]
French descent, Parent, [465]
Heir to Vanderbilt millions, Vanderbilt, [138]
Inheritance, Wanamaker, [93]
New England annals, Choate, [203]
New England stock, Nordica, [542]
New England stock, French Huguenots, Depew, [209]
Patriot and fighter by inheritance, Pingree, [77]
Scotch blood, Loudon, [479]
Scotch ancestors, Armour, [512]
Scottish ancestors, Carnegie, [52]
Spanish ancestors, Sousa, [385]
Swiss ancestors, Keller, [395]
Training, teaching, Armour, [524]
United States stock, Borden, [449]
“High Noon,” poem, Wilcox, [274]
High school, see [Education].
High thinking, see [Success Ideals].
Home, see [Success Ideals].
Homestead Steel Works, see [Achievements].
Home study, see [Education].
Home study, see [Reading].
Honesty, see [Success Qualities].
Hours of work, see [Work].
Humor, see [Success Qualities].
Humorists, biographies of, see [Careers].
Hurry, see [Dangers].
Idleness, see [Dangers].
“Ike Walton’s Prayer,” see [Success Ideals].
Illustrating, see [Careers].
Illustrators, biographies of, see [Careers].
Imagination, see [Success Qualities].
Inaction, see [Dangers].
Inclination, see [Bent].
Income, see [Success Ideals].
Independence, see [Success Qualities].
Individuality, see [Success Qualities].
Indulgence, see [Dangers].
Industry, see [Success Qualities].
Inexperience, see [Dangers].
Influence:
Civilizing “bad men,” Roosevelt, [184]
In literature, Wilcox, [279]
Mme Maretzek, Brignola, Nordica, [546]
Young women who become wives, Loudon, [481]
Inheritance, see [Heredity].
Initiative, see [Success Qualities].
Inspiration, see [Success Qualities].
Instructor, see [Careers].
Integrity, see [Success Qualities].
Intellect, see [Success Qualities].
Interest, see [Success Qualities].
Inventors, biographies of, see [Careers].
Janitor, see [Start in life].
“Joe Jefferson’s Life,” see [Anecdotes].
Journalism, see [Careers].
Journalists, biographies of, see [Careers].
Jurists, biographies of, see [Careers].
Justice, see [Success Qualities].
Keystone Bridge Works, see [Achievements].
Knowledge of different sections, Smith, [459]
Knowledge, see [Success Qualities].
“Laugh and the World Laughs,” poem, Wilcox, [273]
Law, see [Careers].
Laws, see [Achievements].
Lawyers biographies of, see [Careers].
Leaders, Herreshoff, [537]
Leaders, industrial, biographies of, see [Careers].
Leaders, political, biographies of, see [Careers].
Leaders, transportation, biographies of, see [Careers].
Leadership, see [Success Qualities].
Leaning, see [Bent].
Lecturing, see [Careers].
Lecturers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Leisure time, Opper, [355]
Libraries, see [Reading].
Liquors, see [Health].
Literature, influence of, see [Influence].
Literature, see [Careers].
Love for humanity, Strauss, [423]
Love your work, see [Success Qualities].
Loyalty, see [Success Qualities].
Luck:
No such thing, Sage, [127]
Of preparation, Choate, [199]
Luxuries, see [Dangers].
Macaulay, bust, Ruckstuhl, [364]
“Man with the Hoe,” poem, see [Work].
Manhood, see [Success Qualities].
Manliness, see [Success Qualities].
Manufactures, biographies of, see [Careers].
Mathematics, see [Reading].
“Mayday Morn,” painting, Abbey, [317]
Mayoralty of Detroit, see [Achievements].
Mechanics, see [Bent].
Mechanics, see [Careers].
Memory, see [Mother].
Memory, see [Success Qualities].
Merchant, see [Careers].
Merchants, biographies of, see [Careers].
Mercury, statue, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Merit, see [Success Qualities].
Messenger boy, see [Start in life].
Methods:
American methods, Lipton, [111]
Apprentice system, Herreshoff, [535]
Arbitration, Gompers, [171]
Artists sketches, Opper, [357]
Best known methods, Armour, [520]
Clerical work overtime, Vreeland, [155]
Combine books and observation, Lipton, [116]
“Early rising,” Armour, [511]
Early training, Gunsaulus, [439]
Economy, discipline, system, Armour, [513]
Edison’s day’s work, Edison, [33]
Experience, Wanamaker, [103]
Develop ability, Herreshoff, [536]
Doing my best, Clowry, [147]
Getting work before public, Wilcox, [277]
Golden Rule, Jones, [505]
Habit of thrift, Mills, [119]
Habit of studying and thinking, Gompers, [167]
High-priced men and one-man power, Vreeland, [162]
I always carry a sketch-book, Opper, [357]
Imitating writings of others, Howells, [286]
In authorship, Wilcox, [281]
In building career, Loudon, [480]
I never worried, Pingree, [75]
I never mapped out my life, Pingree, [74]
I perform more services than allotted, Clowry, [149]
I work methodically, Opper, [354]
Literary methods, Wilcox, [275]
Of a bandmaster, Sousa, [387]
Of a general, Miles, [190]
Of a merchant, Field, [86]
Of a governor with petitioners, Pingree, [72]
Of an artist, Remington, [330]
Of an inventor, Maxim, [50]
Of a sculptor, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Of a writer, Harrison, [307]
Of a writer, Howell, [289]
Of composition, Sousa, [389]
Of daily work, Edison, [33]
Of daily work, Parent, [461]
Of drawing cartoons, Opper, [354]
Of early training, Depew, [209]
Of inventing, Edison, [28]
Of naturalist, Burroughs, [411]
Of nature study, Burroughs, [409]
Of railroad men, Vanderbilt, [141]
Of promotion, Carnegie, [65]
Of rehearsal, Mansfield, [382]
Of the rising man, Carnegie, [59]
Of sculpturing horses, Shrady, [370]
Of successful men, Gage, [135]
Preparation, Vanderbilt, [143]
Preparation for practical pursuits, Loudon, [483]
Rise early, Armour, [522]
Route to success, Pingree, [75]
Sacrifices, Dolliver, [220]
“Save early, invest securely,” Carnegie, [62]
Science of achievement, Lipton, [12]
Studied to win promotion, Armour, [513]
The true bosses, Carnegie, [69]
To get to the top, Maxim, [41]
To induce saving, Carnegie, [65]
To win promotion, Carnegie, [60]
“You strive,” Ruckstuhl, [365]
Metropolitan Street Railway System, see [Achievements].
Mind stuff, see [Reading].
Ministry, see [Careers].
Minneapolis Tribune, see [Achievements].
Misfortune, see [Obstacles].
Modesty, see [Success Qualities].
Money, see [Wealth].
Mother:
Early teaching, Platt, [227]
Home manager, Stephens, [324]
Influence of, Herreshoff, [534]
Influence of mother, Markham, [267]
Interest and care of, Field, [82]
Memory of home, Johnson, [234]
Select a good mother, Herreshoff, [533]
Should study each child, Herreshoff, [538]
Strict, but very tender, Platt, [226]
Tribute to, Herreshoff, [539]
“Mr. Dinkelspiel,” see [Achievements].
Musicians, biographies of, see [Careers].
Nature, love of, Burroughs, [410]
Nature study, Burroughs, [409]
New England stock, see [Heredity].
Newsboy, see [Start in life].
New York, alone in, see [Start in life].
New York University, Gould, [419]
New York University, Conwell, [431]
Night study, see [Reading].
Novelists, biographies of, see [Careers].
Observation, see [Success Qualities].
Obstacles:
Blindness, Herreshoff, [539]
Cost of distinction, Nordica, [557]
Crippled, Wilder, [373]
Deaf, dumb and blind, Keller, [396]
Delicate health, Roosevelt, [181]
Disappointment, Davenport, [336]
Fire of 1871, Field, [86]
Glorious to be barred, Riley, [259]
Misfortune, advantage of, Conwell, [426]
Telegraph was new, Clowry, [147]
Ohio, iron bridge across, see [Achievements].
Ohio Wesleyan Seminary, Gunsaulus, [434]
Operas and marches, see [Achievements].
Opportunity:
A chance for all, Carnegie, [58]
American new possessions, Depew, [216]
Ample, Jones, [509]
Better, larger, Armour, [512]
Better than ever, Herreshoff, [537]
Chances of rising, Herreshoff, [537]
Come to all, Choate, [200]
Come to every one, Strauss, [423]
Commercial better than ever, Clowry, [151]
Commercial life heavily handicapped, Jones, [508]
Conditions more favorable, Wanamaker, [105]
Could start anew and win, Lipton, [111]
Countless things to do, Lipton, [115]
East and West, Sage, [128]
Everyone has good chance, Sage, [127]
Everything open to youth, Howells, [283]
For art study in America, Gibson, [351], [352]
For young preacher, Gunsaulus, [439]
For country boys, Sage, [129]
For great American women singers, Nordica, [556]
For young men, Dolliver, [222]
Great Britain vs. America, Lipton, [114]
Greater than ever before, Armour, [527]
Improved by education, Roosevelt, [177]
In Canada, Borden, [448]
In Canada, Loudon, [482]
In Canada, Smith, [456]
In Canadian Northwest, Blair, [474]
In Canada for young men, Blair, [473]
In Cuba, Van Horne, [496]
Increased a thousandfold, Mills, [120], [121]
In realm of electricity, Edison, [30]
In towns and cities, Roosevelt, [175]
In Quebec, Parent, [466]
In Quebec, Ontario, and Northwest, Van Horne, [492]
Less than formerly, Pingree, [76]
Make opportunity, Herreshoff, [536]
Merit quickly rewarded, Clowry, [148]
More than in past, Depew, [207]
More things to do, Depew, [208]
Moving grain and cattle, Armour, [517]
New industries, broader fields, Sage, [128]
No time like present, Mills, [118]
Of a small church, Gunsaulus, [435]
Of becoming proprietor, Herreshoff, [538]
Our new possessions, Gunsaulus, [439]
Plentiful, Depew, [208]
Right men in demand, Carnegie, [59]
Seizing opportunities, Wanamaker, [98]
To convey water, Armour, [517]
To create, to develop, Van Horne, [488]
To rise quickly, Carnegie, [52]
We are what we choose, Gunsaulus, [435]
Ontario, opportunity in, see [Opportunity].
Orators, biographies of, see [Careers].
Oratory, see [Careers].
Organizers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Out-of-doors, see [Recreation].
Overwork, see [Dangers].
Painstaking, see [Success Qualities].
Painting, see [Careers].
Painting, see [Recreation].
Paris, Nordica, [551]
Partnership, see [Achievements].
Patience, see [Success Qualities].
Patriotism, Gould, [416]
Peace, see [Success Ideals].
Peace of Mind, Burroughs, [410]
Perseverance, see [Success Qualities].
Persistence, see [Success Qualities].
Philanthropists, biographies of, see [Careers].
Philosophy, see [Success Qualities].
Photograph supply store, see [Start in life].
Physical strength, see [Success Qualities].
Physique, see [Health].
Poems, see [Achievements].
Poetry, see [Reading].
Poets, biographies of, see [Careers].
Poets, see [Careers].
Political honors, see [Achievements].
Politics, see [Careers].
Poverty, see [Success Qualities].
Poverty:
An incentive, Choate, [203]
Purpose through poverty, Choate, [202]
Want urges to effort, Edison, [26]
Position, see [Success Ideals].
Power, see [Dangers].
Preachers, see [Careers].
Preparation, see [Careers].
Preparation, see [Method].
Principles, see [Success Qualities].
Printer’s devil, see [Start in Life].
Printing office,
see [Start in Life].
Progress, Parent, [468]
Promotion, Carnegie, [58]
Promptness, see [Success Qualities].
Public service, see [Success Ideals].
Publishers, biographies of, see [Careers].
“Puck,” see [Achievements].
Punctuality, see [Success Qualities].
Purpose, see [Success Qualities].
Push, see [Success Qualities].
Quebec, opportunity in, see [Opportunity].
Rapid-fire gun, see [Achievements].
Reading:
A great advantage, Platt, [228]
Always carried a book, Conwell, [427]
Books and the maiden, Collyer, [442]
Col. Anderson’s library, Carnegie, [53]
“Congressional Record,” Dolliver, [219]
Evening study, Wallace, [301]
Home study, Clowry, [148]
I devoured poetry, Markham, [268]
I loved to read, Wallace, [298]
I made use of books, Field, [82]
Influence of, Armour, [513]
Many hours with great authors, Gage, [132]
Mathematics, Edison, [19]
“Progress and Poverty,” Johnson, [238]
Read because I wanted to read, Howells, [293]
Reading constantly, Howells, [284]
Scientific books, Edison, [23]
Study nights, Gunsaulus, [434]
Study all the time, Conwell, [431]
Taste ran to essays, Burroughs, [407]
Tried to read entire free library, Edison, [19]
Uses mind-stuff, Howells, [288]
Recreation:
Change or recreation, Herreshoff, [535]
In painting pictures, Van Horne, [495]
Out-of-doors, Roosevelt, [176]
Yachting, Lipton, [116]
Reformers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Retire early, see [Health].
Riches, see [Wealth].
Rising in the world, see [Opportunity].
Ruts, see [Dangers].
Sacrifice, see [Success Qualities].
Sailors, biographies of, see [Careers].
Salary, see [Dangers].
Saving, see [Methods].
Saving, see [Success Qualities].
Scholarship, see [Achievements].
School days, see [Education].
Sculptor, see [Careers].
Seclusion, Burroughs, [410]
Secretary, see [Careers].
Self-confidence, see [Success Qualities].
Self-culture, see [Education].
Self-denial, see [Success Qualities].
Self-help, see [Success Qualities].
Self-reliance, see [Success Qualities].
Self-respect, see [Success Qualities].
Scotch blood, see [Heredity].
Sentiment, see [Success Qualities].
Shoe factory, see [Start in Life].
Shoveling gravel, see [Start in Life].
Shrewdness, see [Success Qualities].
Simple life, see [Success Ideals].
Simplicity, see [Success Ideals].
Sincerity, see [Success Qualities].
Singers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Sleeping-car industry, Carnegie, [60]
Smokeless powder, see [Achievements].
Smoking, see [Health].
Smoking, see [Dangers].
Society, Gould, [418]
Soldiers, biographies of, see [Careers].
“Solon,” bust, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Spanish ancestors, see [Heredity].
Start in Life:
A little barren hut, Jones, [501]
Alone in N. Y., Lipton, [110]
A newsboy, Edison, [20]
A printer’s devil, Opper, [355]
As a clerk, Field, [83]
Begin at the bottom, Vanderbilt, [139]
Bottom of the ladder, Mills, [122]
Capital twenty dollars, Collyer, [444]
Cattle range and farm, Markham, [268]
Clerk, Mansfield, [381]
Clerk in store, Schurman, [246]
Compositor in N. Y., Opper, [355]
Copying records, Wallace, [300]
Corresponding with papers, Howells, [287]
Country school teacher, Dolliver, [220]
Depended early upon self, Mills, [119]
Dollar and a half a week, Wanamaker, [93]
Early poverty, Jones, [502]
Earned his own way, Depew, [208]
Farm boy at seventeen, Pingree, [72]
Farmer’s boy, Burroughs, [405]
Farmer’s boy, Field, [81]
Farmer’s boy, Schurman, [244]
Farming conditions, Field, [81]
Farming, studying, teaching, Burroughs, [408]
Grocery clerk, Sage, [126]
Introduced to the broom, Carnegie, [56]
I used to get my own meals, Clowry, [146]
Janitor, Gage, [132]
Messenger boy, Clowry, [145]
Nordica’s first tour, Nordica, [549]
On the farm, Conwell, [426]
Photograph supply store, Ruckstuhl, [359]
Printing office, Davenport, [337]
Retail drug store, Platt, [229]
Rich men’s sons, Carnegie, [69]
Shoe factory, Pingree, [73]
Shoveling gravel, Vreeland, [154]
The farm, Armour, [514]
Thirty dollars a year, Schurman, [245]
Utility boy on railroad, Van Horne, [487]
Young men without capital, Carnegie, [51], [52]
Statesmen, biographies of, see [Careers].
Statues, see [Achievements].
Steam motors, see [Achievements].
Steel works, see [Achievements].
Stick-to-a-tiveness, see [Success Qualities].
Stores, see [Achievements].
Storey Farm, Oil Creek, Pa., Carnegie, [63]
Strict attention, see [Success Qualities].
Submarine cable device, see [Achievements].
“Suburban resident,” see [Achievements].
Success, see [Success Ideals].
Success, Blair, [473]
Success, Mansfield, [380]
Success Ideals:
Achievement, contentment, wealth and power, Van Horne, [485]
A comfortable home, Blair, [475]
An ideal example, Burroughs, [404]
Broaden and enjoy life, Burroughs, [410]
Character, Blair, [476]
Content, Burroughs, [405]
Cultivation, mind and heart, Jones, [509]
Doing good, Depew, [218]
Education before wealth, Keller, [401]
Fame, position, income, Choate, [199]
Final aristocracy, Carnegie, [66]
Freedom and peace, Burroughs, [405]
Golden mean, Burroughs, [412]
Great men need little money, Burroughs, [403]
Happiness, Choate, [204], [205]
Happiness, Howells, [294], [295]
High thinking, Burroughs, [407]
“Ike Walton’s Prayer,” Riley, [253], [254]
Material success, Depew, [216]
Money making not a success, Dolliver, [223]
Not high enough, Gunsaulus, [438]
Of a minister, Gunsaulus, [436]
Public service, Field, [91]
Simplicity, unconventionality, Blair, [477]
Something for others, Armour, [527]
“The Creed,” poem, Wilcox, [274]
The Simple Life, Burroughs, [410]
To do everything, H. Gould, [415]
Usefulness to others, Jones, [510]
Usefulness to society, Van Horne, [486]
Wealth a false ideal, Parent, [467]
Wider and greater, Field, [89]
Success Qualities:
Ability, energy, will, ambition, Borden, [447]
Adaptability, attention, Platt, [231]
Ambition, Sage, [127]
Ambition, Vanderbilt, [143]
Application, Armour, [522]
Application, concentration, Edison, [29]
Application, honesty, Conwell, [431]
Attention, deliberate, consistent, Strauss, [425]
Attention, will, stick, energy, industry, Strauss, [424]
Canniness, energy, conservatism, sentiment, Parent, [469]
Character, Miles, [192]
Common sense, Gunsaulus, [436]
Common sense, Roosevelt, [178]
Concentration, Edison, [29]
Concentration of thought, Wanamaker, [104]
Consistency, honesty, hard work, Depew, [215]
Convictions, desire to achieve, Gunsaulus, [435]
Convictions, character, Jones, [508]
Convictions, work, public favor, Gunsaulus, [433]
Cordiality, dignity, Borden, [453]
Courage, honesty, Roosevelt, [177]
Courage, Miles, [194]
Courage, energy, ambition, Smith, [459]
Courage our national virtue, Miles, [194]
Dauntlessness, loyal, Miles, [191]
Decision, independence, Mills, [120]
Determination, application, Stephens, [324]
Determination, Opper, [353]
Determination, ambition, Opper, [354]
Devotion, Gompers, [171]
Devotion, time, thought, energy, Nordica, [543]
Dignity, self-reliance, self-respect, Borden, [450]
Discipline, Strauss, [423]
Earnestness, honesty, Lipton, [113]
Economy, Parent, [461]
Economy, Strauss, [422]
Effort, economy, common-sense, Wanamaker, [107]
Energy, work hard, Gunsaulus, [439]
Enthusiasm, interest, Van Horne, [494]
Executive ability, Herreshoff, [537]
Fidelity, loyalty, manhood, Platt, [232]
Foresight, Roosevelt, [176]
Frankness, honesty, energy, perseverance, Pingree, [77]
Frugality, honesty, energy, integrity, Field, [89]
Gameness, integrity, forceful character, Roosevelt, [186]
Genius, devotion, application, Collyer, [445]
Good judgment, Field, [87]
Good habits, perseverance, Wilcox, [281]
Hard work, Gunsaulus, [433]
Heeding advice, thought, memory, observation, Herreshoff, [540]
Honest dealing, adaptability, strict attention, Platt, [231]
Honesty, Field, [91]
Honesty, courage, Roosevelt, [177]
Honesty, industry and thrift, Parent, [466]
Honesty, Lipton, [113]
Honesty, Sage, [129]
Humility, Mills, [122]
Humor, shrewdness, patience, Loudon, [479]
Imagination, Ruckstuhl, [365]
Imagination, philosophy, Loudon, [484]
Independence, interest, concentration, inspiration, Van Horne, [493]
Individuality, Gibson, [346], [347]
Individuality, energy, will, perseverance, Pingree, [77]
Initiative, justice, Van Horne, [486]
Inspiration, Ruckstuhl, [362]
Integrity, energy, business ability, Armour, [520]
Intellect, energy, ambition, Maxim, [37]
I would stick to it, Conwell, [427]
Knowledge, convictions, attention to details, Borden, [452]
Leadership, Gunsaulus, [440]
Love your work, Mansfield, [380]
Loyalty, Gompers, [172]
Manhood, Platt, [232]
Manliness, persistency, willingness to work, Jones, [501]
Merit, Herreshoff, [538]
Modesty, Armour, [512]
Modesty, Gould, [416]
Painstaking, energy, Mansfield, [381]
Painstaking, Abbey, [318]
Patience, perseverance, fidelity, Keller, [400]
Perseverance, Gage, [134]
Persistence, Riley, [258]
Persistence and hard work, Sousa, [388]
Physical strength, Depew, [210]
Poverty, work, Jones, [510]
Principles, health, ambition, Field, [84]
Prompt, bright, willing, accommodating, Wanamaker, [94]
Punctuality, Parent, [463]
Purpose, Choate, [202]
Purpose, energy, determination, concentration, will, Borden, [448]
Push, Wanamaker, [106]
Sacrifice, devotion, Gompers, [171]
Saving, Carnegie, [62]
Saving money, thrift, Carnegie, [69]
Self-confidence, Ruckstuhl, [361]
Self-denial, industry, economy, attention, purpose, Herreshoff, [533]
Self-help, recreation, very best work, Herreshoff, [534]
Self-respect, Strauss, [422]
Sincerity, energy, purpose, perseverance, Pingree, [77]
System, Armour, [518]
System, good measure, Armour, [519]
Talent, persistence, energy, enthusiasm, determination, toil, Riley, [258]
Temperament, energy, Herreshoff, [535]
Thoroughness, Maxim, [41]
Thrift, Carnegie, [69]
Thrift applied to saving, Lipton, [115]
Thrift, hard work, Carnegie, [67]
Truth, Armour, [520]
Versatility, Roosevelt, [176]
Vigilance, Parent, [465]
Wide awake, attention to duty, integrity, Strauss, [424]
Will, character, determination, Nordica, [542]
Will power, Wilcox, [282]
Willingness, Vreeland, [156]
Work, Abbey, [319]
Zeal, determination, enterprise, Loudon, [482]
Swiss ancestors, see [Heredity].
System, see [Success Qualities].
System, see [Methods].
Tact, lack of, see [Dangers].
Talent, see [Bent].
Talent, see [Success Qualities].
Teacher, see [Careers].
Telegraphic recorder, see [Achievements].
Telegraphy, see [Careers].
Temperament, see [Success Qualities].
Temple College, Conwell, [430]
“The Birth of the Opal,” poem, Wilcox, [274]
“The Creed,” poem, see [Success Qualities].
“The Empty Saddle,” statue, Shrady, [369]
“The Fair God,” see [Achievements].
“The Two Glasses,” poem, Wilcox, [274]
Thoroughness, see [Success Qualities].
Thought, see [Success Qualities].
Thrift, see [Success Qualities].
Time, see [Success Qualities].
Titles, see [Achievements].
“To an Astrologer,” poem, Wilcox, [274]
Toil, see [Success Qualities].
Treasury, see [Careers].
Truth, see [Success Qualities].
Turning Points:
A fortunate misfortune, Johnson, [236]
Decision to be a sculptor, Ruckstuhl, [360]
Decision to go to college, Schurman, [246]
Entered telegraph office, Carnegie, [54]
I began to save, Armour, [520]
I determined to start for Chicago, Gage, [133]
I must go to America, Collyer, [444]
I sold my country store, Sage, [127]
I went West to Chicago, Field, [83]
Law case, Conwell, [429]
Making the first note, Carnegie, [62]
Saving the first five thousand dollars, Field, [87]
Starting grocery store, Lipton, [111]
Threw down my pitch-fork, Armour, [515]
Unconventionality, see [Success Ideals].
United States Army, see [Careers].
United States Express Co, see [Achievements].
United States stock, see [Heredity].
Upper Union Rolling Mills, see [Achievements].
Usefulness to others, see [Success Ideals].
Usefulness to society, see [Success Ideals].
Utility boy, see [Start in Life].
Vacation, Van Horne, [494]
Vanderbilt millions, see [Heredity].
Vanderbilt system, see [Achievements].
Versatility, see [Success Qualities].
“Victory,” statue, Ruckstuhl, [364]
Victories, see [Achievements].
Vigilance, see [Success Qualities].
Vigor, see [Health].
Vitality, see [Health].
Walking, see [Health].
Want, see [Poverty].
Weak points, see [Dangers].
Wealth:
A sacred trust, Carnegie, [67]
Benefactor to mankind, Mills, [118]
Money his servant, Jones, [510]
Never disturbs me, Burroughs, [403]
Responsibility of, Mills, [123]
Rich without money, Burroughs, [412]
Slaves of wealth, Jones, [510]
Wealth, see [Success Ideals].
West, Conwell, [427]
“Wherever you are,” poem, Wilcox, [274]
Wide awake, see [Success Qualities].
Will, see [Success Qualities].
Willingness, see [Success Qualities].
Will power, see [Success Qualities].
“Wisdom,” statue, Ruckstuhl, [362]
Wives, influence of, see [Influence].
“Woody Crest,” Gould, [415]
Women, education for, see [Education].
Work:
Ability to work hard, Roosevelt, [176]
Eight-hour work day, Gompers, [170]
Heart and soul in, Lipton, [113]
I like it, Edison, [27], [29]
I must work and perfect myself, Nordica, [545]
Influence of, Markham, [269]
Keynote of success, Mills, [117]
Let the work show, Herreshoff, [532]
Literary life means work, Riley, [260]
Love your work, Mansfield, [380]
Making a great voice, Nordica, [542]
“Man with the Hoe,” Markham, [264]
Moderate number of hours, Depew, [214]
Nobility of work, Collyer, [445]
Record of steady work, Abbey, [317]
Short hours, Field, [88]
Twenty hours a day, Edison, [27]
Work all the time, Gibson, [349]
Work hard on long lines, Collyer, [445]
Work incessantly, Gibson, [349]
“Work is to my taste,” Vanderbilt, [140]
Work long time without sleep, Wanamaker, [105]
Working hours, Gunsaulus, [438]
Work, see [Success Qualities].
Work hard, see [Success Qualities].
Writers, biographies of, see [Careers].
Yachting, see [Recreation].
Yale College, Conwell, [427]
Young men, see [Start in life].
Zeal, see [Success Qualities].