LITTLE VISITS
WITH GREAT
AMERICANS
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LITTLE VISITSWITH GREATAMERICANS
OR
SUCCESS
IDEALS AND
HOW TO
ATTAIN THEM
EDITED BY
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
AUTHOR OF “PUSHING TO THE FRONT,” ETC., ETC., ETC.
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THE SUCCESS COMPANY
NEW YORK
1905
Copyright, 1903
By
THE SUCCESS COMPANY
New York
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Copyright, 1904
By
THE SUCCESS COMPANY
New York
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All Rights Reserved
PREFACE
“Experience,” says the proverb, “is a dear school,and none but fools learn therein.” The inference isthat to be wise one must suffer himself to be taught bythe experience of others. This volume contains the lifestories, told by themselves, of many successful men andwomen, with emphasis on those experiences which tothem appear to have been the turning points in theirlives.
It is not likely that there is anywhere in existence asimilar collection of heart-to-heart talks with distinguishedpeople of equal value to this. The idea of requestingthe leaders in invention, manufacture, transportation,commerce, finance, in political and publiclife, and in the professions of the ministry, the law,literature and art, to bequeath in their own words thestories of their lives, their ideals, and the lessons oftheir experience, to the American public, originatedwith Orison Swett Marden, and contributed in nosmall degree to the immediate and remarkable popularityof Success, in which many of these interviewsfirst appeared. The early files of the magazine arelong since exhausted, but the interest in, and demandfor, these articles is sufficient assurance that they areof enduring merit, and deserve to be collected in permanentform.
We regard them as a trust. We do not feel that wehave a right to withhold them from the public. Wehave accordingly fulfilled our obligation by presentingthem in attractive form, and we are well assured thatyoung and old alike who are striving to attain theirideals in life will recognize the fact that the highestform of self-interest will lead them to read and absorbthe practical helpfulness contained in these pages.Many and varied careers have been selecte
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