The elements of success: illustr. in the life of A. Laurence and othersGall & Inglis, 1862 - 232 pages |
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Page 27
... readers might conclude that the case of Amos Lawrence was an exception to a general rule , and we desired to shew them that the reverse is the truth . In common with other noted men , he owed nothing to those worldly inheritances which ...
... readers might conclude that the case of Amos Lawrence was an exception to a general rule , and we desired to shew them that the reverse is the truth . In common with other noted men , he owed nothing to those worldly inheritances which ...
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... reader has seen that Mr Lawrence regarded the use of tobacco as a filthy practice , seldom existing alone , and generally found in company with other bad habits . When he was at the head of his large mercantile house in Boston , he ...
... reader has seen that Mr Lawrence regarded the use of tobacco as a filthy practice , seldom existing alone , and generally found in company with other bad habits . When he was at the head of his large mercantile house in Boston , he ...
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... reader will notice that when young Lawrence resolved to break off the habit of drinking , he contem- plated doing it only for one week or a month ; but upon more serious reflection , he determined to do it once for all , and not touch ...
... reader will notice that when young Lawrence resolved to break off the habit of drinking , he contem- plated doing it only for one week or a month ; but upon more serious reflection , he determined to do it once for all , and not touch ...
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... have already laid before the reader . The biographer of Budgett says : - " He seemed born under a decree to do . Doing , doing , ever doing ; his nature seemed to abhor an idle- ness more than the ' nature ' of the old INDUSTRY . 43.
... have already laid before the reader . The biographer of Budgett says : - " He seemed born under a decree to do . Doing , doing , ever doing ; his nature seemed to abhor an idle- ness more than the ' nature ' of the old INDUSTRY . 43.
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... reader , and see who share the confidence of their fellow- men . Has the indolent , lazy man the sympathy and good will of his neighbours ? If he is poor , are people ready and willing to assist him ? Has he credit at the shops , or ...
... reader , and see who share the confidence of their fellow- men . Has the indolent , lazy man the sympathy and good will of his neighbours ? If he is poor , are people ready and willing to assist him ? Has he credit at the shops , or ...
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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.