151. Millionaires.
152. Municipal Ownership.
153. Man's Chance at Fifty, A.
154. Modern Advertising.
155. Music.
156. Newspaper, The.
157. Negro, The.
158. National Ideals.
159. Originality.
160. Optimism.
161. Opportunity.
162. Pessimist, The.
163. Power of Silence, The.
164. Power.
165. Poverty.
166. Public Opinion.
167. Phrenology.
168. Pathos.
169. Patent Medicines.
170. Politics.
171. Prosperity.
172. Physical Culture.
173. Public Speaking.
174. Poverty and Crime.
175. Personality.
176. Panics.
177. Religion.
178. Reformers.
179. Self-criticism.
180. Strenuous Life, The.
181. Stock Speculation.
182. Selfishness.
183. Sympathy.
184. Suicide.
185. Self-culture.
186. Success.
187. Story-telling.
188. Specialist, The.
189. Survival of the Fittest.
190. Salesmanship.
191. Slang.
192. Shakespeare.
193. Sleep.
194. Trusts.
195. Travel.
196. Tramp, The.
197. Tipping the Waiter.
198. Unemployed, The.
199. Wealth and Happiness.
200. Woman Suffrage.
SPECIMEN
ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES
A MINUTE
In one minute a man can run about a quarter of a mile, if he is a good runner; a horse can trot about half a mile, if it is a good trotter, and can run about three-quarters of a mile if it is a thoroughbred. In the same period of time, the Empire State Express goes something more than a mile, and a racing automobile about two miles. As the earth turns on its axis, its surface, at the Equator, travels about seventeen miles a minute, and in its greater journey in its ellipse around the sun the earth rushes through space at the rate of a thousand miles a minute. In this country alone, about five times every minute, or once in every twelve seconds, the last good-bys are said and a soul solves the great mystery of eternity. The minute which is gone can never be recalled, while the next minute is fraught with uncertainty. We are sure—not of this minute, but of this instant only, of time. Then, while we may, let us say the loving word, do the kind act, suppress the unkind remark, encourage those who are struggling by the way—this minute.
LINCOLN AS A SPEAKER
President Lincoln owed his success as a speaker to his ancestry and parentage, his knowledge of human nature, and his mastery of English. His Puritan-pioneer ancestry endowed him with the great physical and mental vigor that characterized all his life; and his parents inspired him with the love of learning, the high moral sense and the devotion to truth, freedom and religion, that made him the man we so revere. His knowledge of human nature was due to his early life and studies, and is best illustrated by his use of stories. By them he could at need rebuke, explain, or encourage, for he had studied men till he knew them and their motives as he did his scanty library. His mastery of English was due to his study of the best models in our tongue, the Bible, Shakespeare, Milton, and Blackstone. These books he read until he had memorized their words and absorbed their spirit so thoroughly that when he came to clothe in words his own great and wise thoughts he spake as a master of English style. Lincoln's early environment was rough, but he made it subserve great and mighty purposes; and those of us who labor in his spirit may hope also to do great works.