Published in 1884 under the motto “work hard at that one thing, and keep a brave, honest heart,” these short biographical sketches gather the struggles of Benjamin Franklin, Sir Walter Scott and his mother, Abigail Adams, John Marshall and dozens of lesser-known men and women. Each chapter draws a lesson about perseverance from setbacks overcome.
Victorian self-help in the Samuel Smiles tradition, well suited to reading aloud a chapter at a time. Download the free EPUB.