Great Men Stamp Their Mind Upon Their

The Experience Gathered From Books, Though Often Valuable, Is But The Nature Of Learning; Whereas The Experience Gained From Actual Life Is One Of The Nature Of Wisdom.

Biographies Of Great, But Especially Of Good Men Are Most Instructive And Useful As Helps, Guides, And Incentives To Others. Some Of The Best Are Almost Equivalent To Gospels,--teaching High Living ,high Thinking, And Energetic Action, For Their Own And, The World's Good.

The Work Of Many Of The Greatest Men, Inspired By Duty, Has Been Done Amidst Suffering And Trial And Difficulty. They Have Struggled Against The Tide, And Reached The Shore Exhausted.

Energy Of Will May Be Defined To Be The Very Central Power Of Character In A Man.

England Was Nothing, Compared To Continental Nations Until She Had Become Commercial... Until About The Middle Of The Last Century, When A Number Of Ingenious And Inventive Men, Without Apparent Relation To Each Other, Arose In Various Parts Of The Kingdom, Succeeded In Giving An Immense Impulse To All The Branches Of The National Industry; The Result Of Which Has Been A Harvest Of Wealth And Prosperity, Perhaps Without A Parallel In The History Of The World.