Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Osgood E. (Osgood Eaton), 1835-1900.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs" by Osgood E. Fuller is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book focuses on the lives and significant contributions of various notable individuals, illustrating their challenges and successes in a rapidly changing society. Through these profiles, the author aims to inspire readers by highlighting the virtues of perseverance and integrity in face of adversity. The beginning of the book presents a preface that sets the tone for its themes of struggle, failure, and triumph. Fuller highlights the importance of resilience and hard work, emphasizing that success is often built upon prior failures. Through vignettes of figures like Benjamin Franklin, who overcame his modest beginnings to achieve greatness through self-education and entrepreneurial spirit, the text invites readers to reflect on their own potential for growth and contribution to society. Overall, the opening portion establishes a foundation for exploring the lives of brave men and women who have historically shaped their world, making it a compelling read for those interested in personal development and historical figures' legacies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Benjamin Franklin

Defence of a great man

Sir Walter Scott and his mother

Abigail Adams

Two neighbors

Horace Greeley

Wendell Phillips

Mary Wordsworth

Madame Malibran

Garfield maxims

What I carried to college

Sir John Franklin

Elizabeth Estaugh

"Chinese" Gordon

Men's wives

Women's husbands

John Ploughman

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

Pestiferous literature

Satisfied

Heroes of science

My Uncle Toby

Stephen Girard

Disappointments

The three kings

Florence Nightingale

Shy people

John Marshall

A noble mother

The care of the body

Saint Cecilia

Thomas De Quincey

A vision of time

John Bunyan

Madame Roland

Cheerful and brave

Harold

Peter Cooper

Illusions

Phillips Brooks

St. John and the robber

John Ploughman again

Henry Wilson

Joan of Arc

The song of work

Alvan S. Southworth

A forbidden topic

Ida Lewis Wilson

Rachel Jackson

Discontented girls

The voice in Ramah

La Fayette

Lydia Sigourney

Old age and usefulness

Rhymes and chimes.

Credits:

Produced by Kevin Handy, John Hagerson, and the the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2004-11-03