CHAPTER I II THE AWAKENING The life partnership. When to begin. Foresight. "Boy Wanted." The power of mind. "Could n't and Could." Selfmade PAGE II 23 Genius defined. Inspiration and perspiration. "Stick to It." Genius and patience. "Keep Pegging Away." Examples of patience. "The Secret of Success." 35 III OPPORTUNITY. What is a fair chance? Abraham Lincoln. Depending on self. "Myself and I." The importance of the present moment. "Right Here and Just Now." Poverty and success. "Keep A-Trying." IV OVER AND UNDERDOING 49 Precocity. Starting too soon as bad as starting too late. The value of health. Making a man." The worth of toil. "How to Win Success." Sharpened wits. "The Steady Worker." V THE VALUE OF SPARE MOMENTS 61 Wasting time. "The 'Going-to-Bees!"" The possibilities of one hour a day. "Just This Minute." The vital importance of properly employing leisure moments. "Do It Now." The value of smiles. "To Know All is to Forgive All." Hope and strength. "A Cure for Trouble." Carlyle on cheerfulness. "The One With a Song." Pessimism as a barrier to success. "A Smile and a Task." A profitable virtue. "An Open Letter to the Pessimist." VII DREAMING AND DOING Practicality. "Hank Streeter's Brain - Wave." Self-esteem. "The Valley of Never." Opportunity and application. "Yender 89 The value of little things. Sowing and reaping. The power of ning. Canova's genius. Present opportunities. “Now' and Heeding the sign-post. The value of guide-books. "The World's Victors." Good books a boy's best friend. The danger of knowing too much. "My Boyhood Dreams." Reading and reflecting. X REAL SUCCESS Are you the boy wanted? "BOY WANTED" CHAPTER I THE AWAKENING Ho, my brave youth! There's a "Boy Wanted," and -how fortunate! — you are the very boy! Who wants you? The big, busy, beautiful world wants. you, and I really do not see how it is going to get on well without you. It has awaited your coming so long, and has kept in store so many golden oppor Nothing is impossi ble to the man who can will.-MIRABEAU. You will find poetry nowhere unless you tunities for you to improve, it will be bring some with you. disappointed if, when the proper time-JOUBERT. arrives, you do not smilingly lay hold and do something worth while. When are you to begin? Oh, I sincerely hope that you have already begun to begin; that is, that you have already begun to train your hand and head and heart for making the most of the opportunities that await you. In Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them. up.—Garfield. |