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Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power

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Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power

Orison Swett Marden

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Bunyan wrote in a jail, Arkwright started in a barbershop, Hugo kept one unwavering aim. Marden marches his heroes past in chapters on sowing and reaping, self-help, and work and wait, each life a blueprint for the next one: yours. Biography converted into scaffolding for ambition. Pick your model and start building.

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25 chapters

  1. 1WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT
  2. 2CHAPTER V. USES OF OBSTACLES.
  3. 3JOHN BUNYAN
  4. 4CHAPTER VI. ONE UNWAVERING AIM.
  5. 5RICHARD ARKWRIGHT
  6. 6CHAPTER VII. SOWING AND REAPING.
  7. 7VICTOR HUGO
  8. 8CHAPTER VIII. SELF-HELP.
  9. 9[Illustration: James A. Garfield (missing from book)]
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. WORK AND WAIT.
  11. 11THOMAS ALVA EDISON
  12. 12CHAPTER X. CLEAR GRIT.
  13. 13ANDREW JACKSON
  14. 14CHAPTER XI. THE GRANDEST THING IN THE WORLD.
  15. 15[Illustration: John Greenleaf Whittier (missing from book)]
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. WEALTH IN ECONOMY.
  17. 17ALEXANDER HAMILTON
  18. 18CHAPTER XIII. RICH WITHOUT MONEY.

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