The elements of success: illustr. in the life of A. Laurence and others |
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... live without it . Even then I saw no danger . It was not until I had really become a drunkard that I thought of danger . Then it was too late to mend my ways , even if I had so desired . But I cared not to control my appetite ; and so I ...
... live without it . Even then I saw no danger . It was not until I had really become a drunkard that I thought of danger . Then it was too late to mend my ways , even if I had so desired . But I cared not to control my appetite ; and so I ...
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... lives to the strict rules of morality , and the best practice of Christianity . " Late in life , Mr Lawrence said of those early days , and of the correspondence with his sisters : - 66 ' My interest in home , and my desire to have some ...
... lives to the strict rules of morality , and the best practice of Christianity . " Late in life , Mr Lawrence said of those early days , and of the correspondence with his sisters : - 66 ' My interest in home , and my desire to have some ...
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... lives of other distinguished merchants , we shall find that nearly all of them rose to eminence from a lowly condition . There is a striking similarity in the history of great and good men in this regard . Good principles and habits ...
... lives of other distinguished merchants , we shall find that nearly all of them rose to eminence from a lowly condition . There is a striking similarity in the history of great and good men in this regard . Good principles and habits ...
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... to have nothing to do ; but I have been the most wretched man in the world ; and I am now on my way to Maine to purchase a factory ; for I shall die if I try to live in this way . " So , to save his life , 40 THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS .
... to have nothing to do ; but I have been the most wretched man in the world ; and I am now on my way to Maine to purchase a factory ; for I shall die if I try to live in this way . " So , to save his life , 40 THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS .
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... lives and characters of those men whom we have held up for examples . It is by the use of such language that the Bible extols industry . In language equally strong it reproves idleness . " An idle soul shall suffer hunger . " " The way ...
... lives and characters of those men whom we have held up for examples . It is by the use of such language that the Bible extols industry . In language equally strong it reproves idleness . " An idle soul shall suffer hunger . " " The way ...
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Abbott Lawrence affairs Amos Lawrence appear attend became benevolence Bible bless Boston Budgett called CHAPTER character Christian clerk commenced distinguished Dr Franklin drams duty early employer energy evil example father favour formed frugality Gideon Lee Groton habit hand heart honour hour Hugh Miller hundred idle industry influence John Opie knew labour learned letters live look matter ment mercantile merchant mind moral mother NATHANIEL BOWDITCH ness never Newton observed once parents perseverance person pleasure poor possessed principles prosperity punctuality pursuit quired reader regard religious replied resolved rich Roger Sherman ruin Sabbath Samuel Appleton says shew Sir William Jones soul spend spirit success temptations theatre things thou thought thousand tion true truth virtue wealth week William Cobbett worship worth wrote young Lawrence youth
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Page 86 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Page 225 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Page 48 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Page 59 - What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter: but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a little makes a mickle...
Page 59 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 45 - The course of his day was best known after he was blind. When he first rose, he heard a chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and then studied till twelve; then took some exercise for an hour; then dined, then played on the organ, and...
Page 45 - ... proposed to my brother that if he would give me, weekly, half the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He instantly agreed to it and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me.
Page 178 - Well, my lad, says he, take a long thin piece of whalebone, hold one end of it fast between your finger and thumb, and wind it round your finger : it will then endeavour to unwind itself; and if you fix the other end of it to the inside of a small hoop, and leave it to itself, it will turn the hoop round and round, and wind up a thread tied to the outside of the hoop.
Page 46 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 211 - Young man, attend to the voice of one who has possessed a certain degree of fame in the world, and who will shortly appear before his Maker : read the Bible every day of your life.