. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. riously estimated to be worthfrom SOO. to $;an elaborate tomb, surmountedby a grand monumental shaft, inthe old Moravia bur
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. riously estimated to be worthfrom SOO. to $;an elaborate tomb, surmountedby a grand monumental shaft, inthe old Moravia burying grounds on Staten Island, becoming theresting place for his r<-in;iin^. Why Vanderbilt Succeeded. A careful study of the life of this financier reveals the following asamong the principal causes of his success: He had a strong body and possessed great power of physi-cal endurance. Second. As an assistant of his father, he formed industrioushabits. He knew how to work. Third. Money came to him slowly in his childhood, and only byhard earnings. He thus learned the value of a dollar. Fourth. He was courageous. Enterprises that others wouldshrink from he would undertake with readiness, and carry throughto success. Fifth. He was reliable. He did as be agreed, and he performedhis c(mtract in first-class style. He could get a higher price than hiscomi)etitors, even as a youth, because his promise could be abso-lutely depended upon. -^;-.
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