[ William McKinley ]
[ Julia Ward Howe ]
[ Mark Twain ]
PUSHING TO THE FRONT
CHAPTER I
THE MAN AND THE OPPORTUNITY
No man is born into this world whose work is not born with him.—LOWELL.
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.—GARFIELD.
Vigilance in watching opportunity; tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement—these are the martial virtues which must command success.—AUSTIN PHELPS.