Little Visits with Great Americans: Anecdotes, Life Lessons and Interviews. Эндрю Карнеги

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href="#ulink_7262e70a-ccc9-5793-b4ad-2f665af01fe1">STRICT HONESTY IS NECESSARY.

       X Cut Out for a Banker, He Rose from Errand Boy to Secretary of the U. S. Treasury.

       WHEN YOU START IN LIFE IN A STRANGE CITY, DO NOT EXPECT “SOFT SNAPS.”

       THE PUBLIC WOULD RATHER INVEST ITS MONEY IN MEN THAN IN FINE BUILDINGS.

       XI A Young Millionaire not Afraid to Work in Overalls.

       FROM THE FOUNDATION UP.

       WISE DEVELOPMENT OF INHERITED TENDENCIES.

       HE WILL MASTER EVERY DETAIL.

       WORKING AS A MACHINIST.

       XII A Messenger Boy’s Zeal Lifts Him to the Head of the World’s Greatest Telegraph System.

       HE WAS SO POOR HE HAD TO DO HIS OWN COOKING.

       IT IS WELL TO KNOW WHAT MEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

       HE TRIED TO DO MORE THAN HE WAS PAID TO DO.

       THERE ARE AS GOOD CHANCES IN THE WORLD TO-DAY.

       XIII Enthusiasm for Railroading Makes a Section Hand Head of the Metropolitan System.

       HE INHERITED A TASTE FOR HARD WORK.

       HE LOVED HIS WORK.

       A NICKNAME THAT BECAME A REAL TITLE.

       AN IMPORTANT MISSION WELL PERFORMED.

       HOW HE WAS ELECTED TO THE PRESIDENCY OF HIS COMPANY.

       HIGH-PRICED MEN ARE IN DEMAND.

       XIV A Factory Boy’s Purpose to Improve Labor Makes Him a Great Leader.

       LOOKS LIKE EDWIN FORREST.

       HE WORKED IN A FACTORY AT TEN.

       THE LATER ARISTOCRACY.

       THE NEED OF ORGANIZED LABOR.

       HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION.

       FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY.

       STRIKES AS A LAST RESORT.

       XV A Puny Boy, by Physical Culture, Becomes the Most Vigorous of American Presidents.

       YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS.

       OPPORTUNITIES AND TALENTS.

       THE CITIZENSHIP THAT COUNTS.

       THE BOYHOOD OF ROOSEVELT.

       WHERE HE GAINED STRENUOSITY.

       HE DASHED INTO THE VORTEX OF THE CHASE.

       HE SHOWED PIONEERS HOW TO WINTER CATTLE.

       HE CIVILIZED MANY “BAD MEN” BY HIS INFLUENCE.

       “GAMENESS” WAS NEEDED; ROOSEVELT HAD PLENTY.

       HIS FRONTIER LIFE WAS AMPLY WORTH THE WHILE.

       XVI A Brave Volunteer Fights His Way to the Head of the American Army.

       SIX YEARS OF INDIAN FIGHTING.

       HIS RECORD IN THE CIVIL WAR.

       A LOYAL, DAUNTLESS LEADER.

       A YOUNG MAN’S CHANCES IN THE ARMY.

       CHARACTER THE FOUNDATION OF TRUE COURAGE.

       COURAGE NATURAL TO AMERICANS.

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