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The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . LIFE. I/APEI^ j4i HAPPINESS, WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF Self-Made Men, THEIR BUSINESS TRAITS, QUAIITIES AND HABITS. AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF DISTINGUISHD MINDS WHOSE THOUGHTS ENRICHTHESE PAGES, ARE WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN, LONGFELLOW, SHAKES-PEARE, MILTON, BACON, SMILES, MADAME MONTAGUE, SCOTT,CHESTERFIELD, HOLLAND, IRVING, MRS. HEMANS, CARLYLE,GOETHE, SCHILLER, MADAME DE STAEL, WELLINGTON,WORDSWORTH, DR. JOHNSON, LAMB, BEACONS-FLELD, MRS. STOWE, EMERSON, DICKENS,L
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . LIFE. I/APEI^ j4i HAPPINESS, WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF Self-Made Men, THEIR BUSINESS TRAITS, QUAIITIES AND HABITS. AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF DISTINGUISHD MINDS WHOSE THOUGHTS ENRICHTHESE PAGES, ARE WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN, LONGFELLOW, SHAKES-PEARE, MILTON, BACON, SMILES, MADAME MONTAGUE, SCOTT,CHESTERFIELD, HOLLAND, IRVING, MRS. HEMANS, CARLYLE,GOETHE, SCHILLER, MADAME DE STAEL, WELLINGTON,WORDSWORTH, DR. JOHNSON, LAMB, BEACONS-FLELD, MRS. STOWE, EMERSON, DICKENS,LINCOLN, GARFIELD, ANDMANY OTHERS. BY JEROME PAINE BATES, A. M. ELEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO! THE NATIOHAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Copyrighted byE. A. BORLAND, 1881,1883,1884 and RIGHTS RESERVED. PREFACE. It is the pride and boast of the world that this isan age of self-made men. However humble may bethe position of a man, it is within his power to reachthe pinnacle of fame and fortune. This book is full of the names of men who, withoutfriends or money to help them, have risen by theforce oimperialhighwayo00bate
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