Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Harry A.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

To be supplied : Project Gutenberg, 2010.

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail" by Harry A. Lewis is a motivational treatise written in the late 19th century. The book explores the characteristics and shared traits of successful individuals who rose from humble beginnings to achieve great wealth and influence. Through biographical sketches, it aims to inspire readers by illustrating that success is largely a result of determination, hard work, and good habits rather than mere luck. At the start of the work, the author emphasizes the stark contrast between those who succeed and those who fail, highlighting the importance of self-reliance and self-help. The opening portion focuses on laying the groundwork for the subsequent portraits of successful figures, urging readers to examine their personal journeys from struggle to achievement. Lewis presents anecdotes about individuals such as Daniel Drew and Russell Sage, showcasing their tenacity, resourcefulness, and strategic thinking which propelled them to prominence. The text seeks not only to inform but to motivate, suggesting that understanding the paths of these achievers may provide valuable lessons for aspiring individuals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Quotations

Daniel Drew

Russell Sage

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Amos Lawrence

Horace B. Claflin

William E. Dodge

Jay Gould

John Wannamaker

Alexander T. Stewart

Nicholas Longworth

Robert Bonner

William G. Fargo

James C. Flood

John W. MacKay

James C. Fair

Horace Greeley

Thurlow Weed

George W. Childs

James Gordon Bennett

Phineas T. Barnum

Mathew Vassar

John Jacob Astor

Potter Palmer

James Harper

Henry Disston

Peter Cooper

George Law

Darius O. Mills

Stephen Girard

Moses Taylor

William C. Ralston

George Peabody

William W. Corcoran

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

John Marshall

Alexander Hamilton

James Madison

James Monroe

Lewis Cass

John C. Calhoun

Robert Y. Hayne

Daniel Webster

Andrew Jackson

Thomas H. Benton

Henry Clay

Martin Van Buren

Stephen Arnold Douglass

Abbott Lawrence

Alexander H. Stephens

Millard Fillmore

William H. Seward

Horatio Seymour

Winfield S. Hancock

George B. McClellan

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Stonewall Jackson

General Robert E. Lee

Henry Wilson

Abraham Lincoln

Edward Everett

Edwin M. Stanton

Andrew Johnson

James A. Garfield

Chester A. Arthur

John A. Logan

James G. Blaine

Samuel J. Tilden

Henry Ward Beecher

James Watt

George Stephenson

Benjamin Franklin

Eli Whitney

Robert Fulton

Elias Howe, Jr.

Isaac M. Singer

Richard M. Hoe

Charles Goodyear

Prof. S. F. B. Morse

Cyrus W. Field

George M. Pullman

Thomas A. Edison

Why some succeed while others fail.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Chuck Greif and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/c/) from materials generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 57.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2006-12-20