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Title: Architects of fate : or, Steps to success and power : a book designed to inspire youth to character building, self-culture and noble achievement
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924
Subjects: Success
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries

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re in life pos-sible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows. Let men of all ranks, said Plato, whether theyare successful or unsuccessful, whether they triumph ornot, let them do their duty and rest satisfied. * What must I do to be forever known ? Thy duty ever. It is a hapjoy thing for us that this is all we haveto concern ourselves about — what to do next, saysGeorge Macdonald. No man can do the second thing.He can do the first. Who does the best his circumstance allows,Does well, acts nobly, angels could do no more. Young. Whoever can make two ears of corn, two blades ofgrass to grow uj^on a spot of ground where only onegrew before, says Swift, would deserve better of man-kind and do more essential service to his country thanthe whole race of politicians put together. Emerson says, There is at this moment for you anutterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chiselof Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen ofMoses or Dante, but different from all these.
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GtORGE STEPHEISISONWe should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to befired off upon one of Congreves rockets as to trust themselves to the mercy of sucha machiue going at such a rate. We trust that Parliament will limit the speed(of railroad engines) to eiglit or nine miles an hour, which we entirely agree withMr. Sylvester is as great as can be ventured upon. — Quarterly Enieic. CHAPTER XIX. THE MAN WITH AN IDEA. He who wishes to fulfill his mission must be a man of one idea, that is,of one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guid-ing and controlling his entire life. —Bate. A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness oflife. — Jean Ingelow. A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule. — J.Stuart Mill. Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughtsare mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories thanhorsemen or chariots. — W. M. Paxton. Yet nerve thy

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