Eclectic School Readings

Eclectic School Readings

Orison Swett Marden, american inspirational author (1850-1924)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- TO DAY

-04- THE MILL BOY OF THE SLASHES

-05- THE GREEK SLAVE WHO WON THE OLIVE CROWN

-06- TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE OF A HERO

-07- CHAPTER I. THE FIRST TURNING POINT

-08- CHAPTER II. A BORN LEADER

-09- CHAPTER III. FARRAGUT IS THE MAN

-10- HE AIMED HIGH AND HIT THE MARK

-11- THE EVOLUTION OF A VIOLINIST

-12- THE LESSON OF THE TEAKETTLE

-13- HOW THE ART OF PRINTING WAS DISCOVERED

-14- SEA FEVER AND WHAT IT LED TO

-15- GLADSTONE FOUND TIME TO BE KIND

-16- A TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLE

-17- THE MIGHT OF PATIENCE

-18- THE INSPIRATION OF GAMBETTA

-19- ANDREW JACKSON THE BOY WHO NEVER WOULD GIVE UP

-20- SIR HUMPHRY DAVY'S GREATEST DISCOVERY, MICHAEL FARADAY

-21- THE TRIUMPH OF CANOVA

-22- FRANKLIN'S LESSON ON TIME VALUE

-23- FROM STORE BOY TO MILLIONAIRE

-24- I WILL PAINT OR DIE

-25- THE CALL THAT SPEAKS IN THE BLOOD

-26- WASHINGTON'S YOUTHFUL HEROISM

-27- A COW HIS CAPITAL

-28- THE BOY WHO SAID I MUST

-29- THE HIDDEN TREASURE

-30- LOVE TAMED THE LION

-31- THERE IS ROOM ENOUGH AT THE TOP

-32- THE UPLIFT OF A SLAVE BOY'S IDEAL

-33- TO THE FIRST ROBIN

-34- THE  WIZARD  AS AN EDITOR

-35- HOW GOOD FORTUNE CAME TO PIERRE

-36- IF I REST, I RUST

-37- A BOY WHO KNEW NOT FEAR

-38- HOW STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE

-39- LIVINGSTONE

-40- THE NESTOR OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS

-41- THE MAN WITH AN IDEA

-42- BERNARD OF THE TUILERIES

-43- HOW THE LEARNED BLACKSMITH FOUND TIME

-44- THE LEGEND OF WILLIAM TELL

-45- WESTWARD HO

-46- THREE GREAT AMERICAN SONGS AND THEIR AUTHORS

-47- CHAPTER I. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

-48- CHAPTER II. AMERICA

-49- CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

-50- TRAINING FOR GREATNESS

-51- THE MARBLE WAITETH