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An Iron Will

Orison Swett Marden

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1. ch. 1, para. 1. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, American Philosopher, Statesman, Diplomatist, and Author. b. Bosto
2. ch. 1, para. 12. This is well illustrated by a report I have seen of the long race from Marathon in th
3. ch. 1, para. 13. A STRUGGLE IN THE RACE OF LIFE. There had been no great parade about the training of
4. ch. 1, para. 14. who resolutely pushed his way through the excited, satisfied throng. Then the young f
5. ch. 1, para. 22. This was by the intelligent exercise of Mr. Beecher's will-power in concentrating his
6. ch. 1, para. 29. DR. CUYLER. "It is astonishing," says Dr. Theodore Cuyler, "how many men lack this po
7. ch. 1, para. 34. "I WILL." "There are no two words in the English language which stand out in bolder r
8. ch. 1, para. 45. A strong, defiant purpose is many-handed, and lays hold of whatever is near that can
9. ch. 1, para. 51. Will has been called the spinal column of personality. "The will in its relation to l
10. ch. 1, para. 60. The man who is forever twisting and turning, backing and filling, hesitating and dawd
11. ch. 1, para. 66. "There is hardly a reader," says an experienced educator, "who will not be able to re
12. ch. 1, para. 71. It is the man with a positive nature, the man who believes that he is equal to the em
13. ch. 1, para. 79. "The man who succeeds," says Prentice Mulford, "must always in mind or imagination li
14. ch. 1, para. 86. It was an iron will that was brought into play when Horatius with two companions held
15. ch. 1, para. 92. "Send for him." Napoleon was sent for; he came, he subjugated the mob, he subjugated
16. ch. 1, para. 97. "Forward, then." Yet Ulysses S. Grant, a young man unknown to fame, with neither mone
17. ch. 1, para. 107. General Wheeler had sixteen horses killed under him, and a great number wounded. His
18. ch. 1, para. 115. The great prizes of life ever fall to the robust, the stalwart, the strong,--not to a
19. ch. 1, para. 117. As a rule physical vigor is the condition of a great career. Stonewall Jackson, early
20. ch. 1, para. 121. II. Yet in spite of all this, in defiance of it, we know that an iron will is often t
21. ch. 1, para. 126. "... Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope;
22. ch. 1, para. 132. Is not the mind the natural protector of the body? We cannot believe that the Creator
23. ch. 1, para. 135. CHAPTER V. THE ROMANCE OF ACHIEVEMENT UNDER DIFFICULTIES. What doth the poor man's so
24. ch. 1, para. 144. Has not self-help accomplished about all the great things of the world? How many youn
25. ch. 1, para. 151. COMMERCIAL COURAGE. The business affairs of a gentleman named Rouss were once in a co
26. ch. 1, para. 160. When James Gordon Bennett was forty years old he collected all his property, three hu
27. ch. 1, para. 165. "I heard that a neighbor, three miles off, had borrowed from a still more distant nei
28. ch. 1, para. 172. The story of Weed and of Greeley is not an uncommon one in America. Some of the most
29. ch. 1, para. 178. It was by steadfastly keeping at it, by indomitable will power, that these men won th
30. ch. 1, para. 183. "That boy will beat me one day," said an old painter as he watched a little fellow na
31. ch. 1, para. 188. THURLOW WEED, American Journalist and Politician. b. Cairo, N.Y., 1797; d. New York,
32. ch. 1, para. 194. STAYING POWER. "Never give up, there are chances and changes, Helping the hopeful, a
33. ch. 1, para. 202. All are familiar with the misfortune of Carlyle while writing his "History of the Fre
34. ch. 1, para. 213. "Often I went hungry for so long, that it seemed as if I must die. I scarcely tasted
35. ch. 1, para. 220. "Tell Louisa to stick to her teaching; she can never succeed as a writer." "Tell him
36. ch. 1, para. 228. PERSISTENT PURPOSE. We hear a great deal of talk about genius, talent, luck, chance,
37. ch. 1, para. 231. Persistency of purpose is a power. It creates confidence in others. Everybody believe
38. ch. 1, para. 237. At the trial of the seven bishops of the Church of England for refusing to aid the ki
39. ch. 1, para. 243. "It is defeat," says Henry Ward Beecher, "that turns bone to flint, and gristle to mu
40. ch. 1, para. 246. BENJAMIN DISRAELI (Earl of Beaconsfield), English Statesman and Novelist. b. London,
41. ch. 1, para. 260. Whittier. O earth that blooms and birds that sing, O stars that shine when all is dar
42. ch. 1, para. 267. OPINIONS OF The Exceptional Employee Uplifting to Humanity "I assure you that the pre
43. ch. 1, para. 268. Opinions and Reviews of Dr. Marden's The Secret of Achievement Exasperating "'The Sec
44. ch. 1, para. 269. PRESS REVIEWS OF The Young Man Entering Business "A readable volume on a substantial
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48. ch. 1, para. 273. Letters to Dr. Marden concerning Every Man a King Success vs. Failure "One of the mos
49. ch. 1, para. 274. The Victorious Attitude By ORISON SWETT MARDEN A Soul Doctor "This book should be rea
50. ch. 1, para. 275. Letters to Dr. Marden concerning He Can Who Thinks He Can Will Do Amazing Good "I bel
51. ch. 1, para. 276. OPINIONS OF The Joys of Living In Every Sense Worth While "A ringing call for a joyfu
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