seeStart in Life.Progress,Parent,468Promotion,Carnegie,58Promptness,seeSuccess Qualities.Public service,seeSuccess Ideals.Publishers, biographies of,seeCareers.“Puck,”seeAchievements.Punctuality,seeSuccess Qualities.Purpose,seeSuccess Qualities.Push,seeSuccess Qualities.Quebec, opportunity in,seeOpportunity.Rapid-fire gun,seeAchievements.Reading:A great advantage,Platt,228Always carried a book,Conwell,427Books and the maiden,Collyer,442Col. Anderson’s library,Carnegie,53“Congressional Record,”Dolliver,219Evening study,Wallace,301Home study,Clowry,148I devoured poetry,Markham,268I loved to read,Wallace,298I made use of books,Field,82Influence of,Armour,513Many hours with great authors,Gage,132Mathematics,Edison,19“Progress and Poverty,”Johnson,238Read because I wanted to read,Howells,293Reading constantly,Howells,284Scientific books,Edison,23Study nights,Gunsaulus,434Study all the time,Conwell,431Taste ran to essays,Burroughs,407Tried to read entire free library,Edison,19Uses mind-stuff,Howells,288Recreation:Change or recreation,Herreshoff,535In painting pictures,Van Horne,495Out-of-doors,Roosevelt,176Yachting,Lipton,116Reformers, biographies of,seeCareers.Retire early,seeHealth.Riches,seeWealth.Rising in the world,seeOpportunity.Ruts,seeDangers.Sacrifice,seeSuccess Qualities.Sailors, biographies of,seeCareers.Salary,seeDangers.Saving,seeMethods.Saving,seeSuccess Qualities.Scholarship,seeAchievements.School days,seeEducation.Sculptor,seeCareers.Seclusion,Burroughs,410Secretary,seeCareers.Self-confidence,seeSuccess Qualities.Self-culture,seeEducation.Self-denial,seeSuccess Qualities.Self-help,seeSuccess Qualities.Self-reliance,seeSuccess Qualities.Self-respect,seeSuccess Qualities.Scotch blood,seeHeredity.Sentiment,seeSuccess Qualities.Shoe factory,seeStart in Life.Shoveling gravel,seeStart in Life.Shrewdness,seeSuccess Qualities.Simple life,seeSuccess Ideals.Simplicity,seeSuccess Ideals.Sincerity,seeSuccess Qualities.Singers, biographies of,seeCareers.Sleeping-car industry,Carnegie,60Smokeless powder,seeAchievements.Smoking,seeHealth.Smoking,seeDangers.Society,Gould,418Soldiers, biographies of,seeCareers.“Solon,” bust,Ruckstuhl,364Spanish ancestors,seeHeredity.Start in Life:A little barren hut,Jones,501Alone in N. Y.,Lipton,110A newsboy,Edison,20A printer’s devil,Opper,355As a clerk,Field,83Begin at the bottom,Vanderbilt,139Bottom of the ladder,Mills,122Capital twenty dollars,Collyer,444Cattle range and farm,Markham,268Clerk,Mansfield,381Clerk in store,Schurman,246Compositor in N. Y.,Opper,355Copying records,Wallace,300Corresponding with papers,Howells,287Country school teacher,Dolliver,220Depended early upon self,Mills,119Dollar and a half a week,Wanamaker,93Early poverty,Jones,502Earned his own way,Depew,208Farm boy at seventeen,Pingree,72Farmer’s boy,Burroughs,405Farmer’s boy,Field,81Farmer’s boy,Schurman,244Farming conditions,Field,81Farming, studying, teaching,Burroughs,408Grocery clerk,Sage,126Introduced to the broom,Carnegie,56I used to get my own meals,Clowry,146Janitor,Gage,132Messenger boy,Clowry,145Nordica’s first tour,Nordica,549On the farm,Conwell,426Photograph supply store,Ruckstuhl,359Printing office,Davenport,337Retail drug store,Platt,229Rich men’s sons,Carnegie,69Shoe factory,Pingree,73Shoveling gravel,Vreeland,154The farm,Armour,514Thirty dollars a year,Schurman,245Utility boy on railroad,Van Horne,487Young men without capital,Carnegie,51,52Statesmen, biographies of,seeCareers.Statues,seeAchievements.Steam motors,seeAchievements.Steel works,seeAchievements.Stick-to-a-tiveness,seeSuccess Qualities.Stores,seeAchievements.Storey Farm, Oil Creek, Pa.,Carnegie,63Strict attention,seeSuccess Qualities.Submarine cable device,seeAchievements.“Suburban resident,”seeAchievements.Success,seeSuccess Ideals.Success,Blair,473Success,Mansfield,380Success Ideals:Achievement, contentment, wealth and power,Van Horne,485A comfortable home,Blair,475An ideal example,Burroughs,404Broaden and enjoy life,Burroughs,410Character,Blair,476Content,Burroughs,405Cultivation, mind and heart,Jones,509Doing good,Depew,218Education before wealth,Keller,401Fame, position, income,Choate,199Final aristocracy,Carnegie,66Freedom and peace,Burroughs,405Golden mean,Burroughs,412Great men need little money,Burroughs,403Happiness,Choate,204,205Happiness,Howells,294,295High thinking,Burroughs,407“Ike Walton’s Prayer,”Riley,253,254Material success,Depew,216Money making not a success,Dolliver,223Not high enough,Gunsaulus,438Of a minister,Gunsaulus,436Public service,Field,91Simplicity, unconventionality,Blair,477Something for others,Armour,527“The Creed,” poem,Wilcox,274The Simple Life,Burroughs,410To do everything,H. Gould,415Usefulness to others,Jones,510Usefulness to society,Van Horne,486Wealth a false ideal,Parent,467Wider and greater,Field,89Success Qualities:Ability, energy, will, ambition,Borden,447Adaptability, attention,Platt,231Ambition,Sage,127Ambition,Vanderbilt,143Application,Armour,522Application, concentration,Edison,29Application, honesty,Conwell,431Attention, deliberate, consistent,Strauss,425Attention, will, stick, energy, industry,Strauss,424Canniness, energy, conservatism, sentiment,Parent,469Character,Miles,192Common sense,Gunsaulus,436Common sense,Roosevelt,178Concentration,Edison,29Concentration of thought,Wanamaker,104Consistency, honesty, hard work,Depew,215Convictions, desire to achieve,Gunsaulus,435Convictions, character,Jones,508Convictions, work, public favor,Gunsaulus,433Cordiality, dignity,Borden,453Courage, honesty,Roosevelt,177Courage,Miles,194Courage, energy, ambition,Smith,459Courage our national virtue,Miles,194Dauntlessness, loyal,Miles,191Decision, independence,Mills,120Determination, application,Stephens,324Determination,Opper,353Determination, ambition,Opper,354Devotion,Gompers,171Devotion, time, thought, energy,Nordica,543Dignity, self-reliance, self-respect,Borden,450Discipline,Strauss,423Earnestness, honesty,Lipton,113Economy,Parent,461Economy,Strauss,422Effort, economy, common-sense,Wanamaker,107Energy, work hard,Gunsaulus,439Enthusiasm, interest,Van Horne,494Executive ability,Herreshoff,537Fidelity, loyalty, manhood,Platt,232Foresight,Roosevelt,176Frankness, honesty, energy, perseverance,Pingree,77Frugality, honesty, energy, integrity,Field,89Gameness, integrity, forceful character,Roosevelt,186Genius, devotion, application,Collyer,445Good judgment,Field,87Good habits, perseverance,Wilcox,281Hard work,Gunsaulus,433Heeding advice, thought, memory, observation,Herreshoff,540Honest dealing, adaptability, strict attention,Platt,231Honesty,Field,91Honesty, courage,Roosevelt,177Honesty, industry and thrift,Parent,466Honesty,Lipton,113Honesty,Sage,129Humility,Mills,122Humor, shrewdness, patience,Loudon,479Imagination,Ruckstuhl,365Imagination, philosophy,Loudon,484Independence, interest, concentration, inspiration,Van Horne,493Individuality,Gibson,346,347Individuality, energy, will, perseverance,Pingree,77Initiative, justice,Van Horne,486Inspiration,Ruckstuhl,362Integrity, energy, business ability,Armour,520Intellect, energy, ambition,Maxim,37I would stick to it,Conwell,427Knowledge, convictions, attention to details,Borden,452Leadership,Gunsaulus,440Love your work,Mansfield,380Loyalty,Gompers,172Manhood,Platt,232Manliness, persistency, willingness to work,Jones,501Merit,Herreshoff,538Modesty,Armour,512Modesty,Gould,416Painstaking, energy,Mansfield,381Painstaking,Abbey,318Patience, perseverance, fidelity,Keller,400Perseverance,Gage,134Persistence,Riley,258Persistence and hard work,Sousa,388Physical strength,Depew,210Poverty, work,Jones,510Principles, health, ambition,Field,84Prompt, bright, willing, accommodating,Wanamaker,94Punctuality,Parent,463Purpose,Choate,202Purpose, energy, determination, concentration, will,Borden,448Push,Wanamaker,106Sacrifice, devotion,Gompers,171Saving,Carnegie,62Saving money, thrift,Carnegie,69Self-confidence,Ruckstuhl,361Self-denial, industry, economy, attention, purpose,Herreshoff,533Self-help, recreation, very best work,Herreshoff,534Self-respect,Strauss,422Sincerity, energy, purpose, perseverance,Pingree,77System,Armour,518System, good measure,Armour,519Talent, persistence, energy, enthusiasm, determination, toil,Riley,258Temperament, energy,Herreshoff,535Thoroughness,Maxim,41Thrift,Carnegie,69Thrift applied to saving,Lipton,115Thrift, hard work,Carnegie,67Truth,Armour,520Versatility,Roosevelt,176Vigilance,Parent,465Wide awake, attention to duty, integrity,Strauss,424Will, character, determination,Nordica,542Will power,Wilcox,282Willingness,Vreeland,156Work,Abbey,319Zeal, determination, enterprise,Loudon,482Swiss ancestors,seeHeredity.System,seeSuccess Qualities.System,seeMethods.Tact, lack of,seeDangers.Talent,seeBent.Talent,seeSuccess Qualities.Teacher,seeCareers.Telegraphic recorder,seeAchievements.Telegraphy,seeCareers.Temperament,seeSuccess Qualities.Temple College,Conwell,430“The Birth of the Opal,” poem,Wilcox,274“The Creed,” poem,seeSuccess Qualities.“The Empty Saddle,” statue,Shrady,369“The Fair God,”seeAchievements.“The Two Glasses,” poem,Wilcox,274Thoroughness,seeSuccess Qualities.Thought,seeSuccess Qualities.Thrift,seeSuccess Qualities.Time,seeSuccess Qualities.Titles,seeAchievements.“To an Astrologer,” poem,Wilcox,274Toil,seeSuccess Qualities.Treasury,seeCareers.Truth,seeSuccess Qualities.Turning Points:A fortunate misfortune,Johnson,236Decision to be a sculptor,Ruckstuhl,360Decision to go to college,Schurman,246Entered telegraph office,Carnegie,54I began to save,Armour,520I determined to start for Chicago,Gage,133I must go to America,Collyer,444I sold my country store,Sage,127I went West to Chicago,Field,83Law case,Conwell,429Making the first note,Carnegie,62Saving the first five thousand dollars,Field,87Starting grocery store,Lipton,111Threw down my pitch-fork,Armour,515Unconventionality,seeSuccess Ideals.United States Army,seeCareers.United States Express Co,seeAchievements.United States stock,seeHeredity.Upper Union Rolling Mills,seeAchievements.Usefulness to others,seeSuccess Ideals.Usefulness to society,seeSuccess Ideals.Utility boy,seeStart in Life.Vacation,Van Horne,494Vanderbilt millions,seeHeredity.Vanderbilt system,seeAchievements.Versatility,seeSuccess Qualities.“Victory,” statue,Ruckstuhl,364Victories,seeAchievements.Vigilance,seeSuccess Qualities.Vigor,seeHealth.Vitality,seeHealth.Walking,seeHealth.Want,seePoverty.Weak points,seeDangers.Wealth:A sacred trust,Carnegie,67Benefactor to mankind,Mills,118Money his servant,Jones,510Never disturbs me,Burroughs,403Responsibility of,Mills,123Rich without money,Burroughs,412Slaves of wealth,Jones,510Wealth,seeSuccess Ideals.West,Conwell,427“Wherever you are,” poem,Wilcox,274Wide awake,seeSuccess Qualities.Will,seeSuccess Qualities.Willingness,seeSuccess Qualities.Will power,seeSuccess Qualities.“Wisdom,” statue,Ruckstuhl,362Wives, influence of,seeInfluence.“Woody Crest,”Gould,415