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

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XVII Making the Most of His Opportunities Wins a Coveted Embassy.

       A YOUNG LAWYER’S CHANCES THEN AND NOW.

       ARE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES NECESSARY?

       WHAT SUCCESS MEANS.

       THE GOOD LUCK OF BEING PREPARED.

       TURNING OBSTACLES INTO AIDS.

       DOES LACK OF OPPORTUNITY JUSTIFY.

       MR. CHOATE’S ANTECEDENTS.

       DOES SUCCESS BRING CONTENT AND HAPPINESS.

       THE DELUSION OF LUXURY AND EASE.

       MR. CHOATE’S SHARE OF NEW YORK’S LAW BUSINESS.

       XVIII A Village Boy’s Gift of Oratory Earns Him Wealth and Fame.

       HE HAD TO EARN HIS OWN WAY.

       HE ENTERED YALE AT EIGHTEEN.

       HIS BEGINNING AS AN ORATOR.

       A SALARY OF .5,000 A YEAR.

       OPPORTUNITIES OF TO-DAY.

       THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF SUCCESS.

       XIX A Chance-Found Book the Turning Point in a United States Senator’s Career.

       A SCHOOL TEACHER AT EIGHTEEN.

       THE STRANGE RESULT OF A LECTURE.

       HIS IDEA OF GENUINE SUCCESS.

       XX Varied Business Training the Foundation of a Long Political Career.

       HIS START AS A BOY.

       ALWAYS FOND OF READING.

       A TASTE OF MINING LIFE

       THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS.

       ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.

       MR. PLATT’S CHARACTERISTICS.

       XXI A Magnate, the Courage of His Convictions Make Him a Reformer.

       HIS FIRST SPECULATION.

       AT WORK IN A ROLLING MILL.

       A FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE.

       “PROGRESS AND POVERTY” CHANGED HIS WHOLE LIFE.

       HIS VOLUNTEER GERMAN FRIEND.

       HIS FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS.

       TOM REED LISTENED.

       A PEN PICTURE OF TOM JOHNSON.

       XXII A Backwoods Boy Works His Way through College and Becomes University President.

       HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF.

       THE TURNING POINT OF HIS LIFE.

       A SPLENDID COLLEGE RECORD.

       COLLEGE-BRED MEN ARE IN DEMAND

       XXIII A “Jack of All Trades” Masters One and Becomes the Poet of the People.

       THROWN ON HIS OWN RESOURCES.

       WHY HE LONGED TO BE A BAKER.

       THE SUPERSTRUCTURE DEPENDS ON THE FOUNDATION.

       A LITERARY LIFE MEANS

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