Hidden Treasures: Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 17
... land on the parental farm which had never been plowed . His mother told him that if he would plow , drag and plant that field to corn within seventeen days , she would buy the boat for him . It was a hard job , doubtless , the mother ...
... land on the parental farm which had never been plowed . His mother told him that if he would plow , drag and plant that field to corn within seventeen days , she would buy the boat for him . It was a hard job , doubtless , the mother ...
Page 28
... lands , by buying thousands of acres in West Vir- ginia , Michigan , Wisconsin , Georgia and Canada . He also became greatly interested in coal lands , and as he must find a conveyance to bring his coal to mar- ket , he was naturally ...
... lands , by buying thousands of acres in West Vir- ginia , Michigan , Wisconsin , Georgia and Canada . He also became greatly interested in coal lands , and as he must find a conveyance to bring his coal to mar- ket , he was naturally ...
Page 35
... land and the boundless opportunities that are open to energy and ability . Jay Gould has at- tained this dizzy height from poverty and obscurity . Unlike many rich men , he is not a " fast " man . He is an excellent husband and father ...
... land and the boundless opportunities that are open to energy and ability . Jay Gould has at- tained this dizzy height from poverty and obscurity . Unlike many rich men , he is not a " fast " man . He is an excellent husband and father ...
Page 39
... land , we involuntarily ex- claim , " How was such a change in his position brought about ? " Why did he succeed , while others all about him who were far better situated , failed ? Let us follow him : He was born at Belfast , Ireland ...
... land , we involuntarily ex- claim , " How was such a change in his position brought about ? " Why did he succeed , while others all about him who were far better situated , failed ? Let us follow him : He was born at Belfast , Ireland ...
Page 44
... land , which was a barren waste . He had kept his eyes open and felt sure that the possibilities for Cincinnati were very great . He therefore bought land at ten dollars per lot , as fast as his means would allow , and all through the ...
... land , which was a barren waste . He had kept his eyes open and felt sure that the possibilities for Cincinnati were very great . He therefore bought land at ten dollars per lot , as fast as his means would allow , and all through the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ability Adams afterward Albany Regency American appointed army attention bank became Beecher began bill born brought Calhoun called Clay Congress course Daniel Drew death declared Democratic dollars elected England entered father favor flume followed fortune France Garfield Gould Governor Greeley Hayne Henry Henry Clay Henry Ward Beecher honor Horace Greeley House hundred interest Jackson James Jefferson John John Adams labor land leader legislature Lincoln lived machine Madison ment miles millions Monroe Moses Taylor nation never once orator paper party passed Peter Cooper Pickney political position President received Republican Republican party returned Robert Toombs secured Senate Seward slavery soon speech Stephen Girard succeed success thousand Thurlow Weed Tilden tion treaty Union United United States Senate Virginia vote Washington wealth Webster York young
Popular passages
Page 234 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 229 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 319 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 326 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.
Page 318 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 230 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts. She needs none. There she is: behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history : the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill, and there they will remain forever.
Page 319 - I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. There is a physical difference between the two, which in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality; and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.
Page 326 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 322 - It matters not what way the Supreme Court may hereafter decide as to the abstract question whether slavery may or may not go into a Territory under the Constitution, the people have the lawful means to introduce it or exclude it as they please, for the reason that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.
Page 361 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.