Book 3 — TOPICAL INDEX.[B]

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.

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