Jordan, an American essayist of self-culture, opens with truth as the foundation of character and lying as the oldest vice, first recorded in Eden. Further essays consider the courage to face ingratitude, people who live in air castles, the conquest of the preventable, the companionship of tolerance, the things that come too late and the way of the reformer.
Brief, quotable reflections for readers of classic self-improvement literature. Download the free EPUB.