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Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance · Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition

Contents for Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance, Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition

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18 sections in this edition

  1. SELF HELP WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONDUCT AND PERSEVERANCE. OEBPS/2604793771853413615_935-h-0.htm.xhtml#element-2
  2. Other PREFACE. OEBPS/2604793771853413615_935-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00001
  3. INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION. OEBPS/2604793771853413615_935-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00006
  4. Other CONTENTS. OEBPS/2604793771853413615_935-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00011
  5. CHAPTER I. Self-Help—National and Individual. “The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.”—J. S. Mill.
  6. CHAPTER II. Leaders of Industry—Inventors and Producers. “Le travail et la Science sont désormais les maîtres du monde.”—De Salvandy.
  7. CHAPTER III. The Great Potters—Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood. “Patience is the finest and worthiest part of fortitude, and the rarest too . . . Patience lies at the root of all pleasures, as well as of all powers. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when Impatience companions her.”—John Ruskin.
  8. CHAPTER IV. Application and Perseverance. “Rich are the diligent, who can command Time, nature’s stock! and could his hour-glass fall, Would, as for seed of stars, stoop for the sand, And, by incessant labour, gather all.”—D’Avenant.
  9. CHAPTER V. Helps and Opportunities—Scientific Pursuits. “Neither the naked hand, nor the understanding, left to itself, can do much; the work is accomplished by instruments and helps, of which the need is not less for the understanding than the hand.”—Bacon.
  10. CHAPTER VI. Workers in Art. “If what shone afar so grand, Turn to nothing in thy hand, On again; the virtue lies In struggle, not the prize.”—R. M. Milnes.
  11. CHAPTER VII. Industry and the Peerage. “He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.”—Marquis of Montrose.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. Energy and Courage. “A cœur vaillant rien d’impossible.”—Jacques Cœur.
  13. CHAPTER IX. Men of Business. “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.”—Proverbs of Solomon.
  14. CHAPTER X. Money—Its Use and Abuse. “Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.”—Burns.
  15. CHAPTER XI. Self-Culture—Facilities and Difficulties. “Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.”—Gibbon.
  16. CHAPTER XII. Example—Models. “Ever their phantoms rise before us, Our loftier brothers, but one in blood; By bed and table they lord it o’er us, With looks of beauty and words of good.”—John Sterling.
  17. CHAPTER XIII. Character—The True Gentleman. OEBPS/2604793771853413615_935-h-3.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00057
  18. Other FOOTNOTES OEBPS/2604793771853413615_935-h-3.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00059

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