James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... successful men , whose careers were marked by steady progress , growing in usefulness to their fellows ; men of unblemished character , kind and considerate , winning the confidence and affection of their neighbors , and leaving behind ...
... successful men , whose careers were marked by steady progress , growing in usefulness to their fellows ; men of unblemished character , kind and considerate , winning the confidence and affection of their neighbors , and leaving behind ...
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... success in after life . The writer has been impressed by this feature , for great is the number of instances he has known where the prized working - boy or man in position has been able , as additional force was required , to say the ...
... success in after life . The writer has been impressed by this feature , for great is the number of instances he has known where the prized working - boy or man in position has been able , as additional force was required , to say the ...
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... success , praising his master " as being of as good char- acter , both for accuracy in his business , and good morals , as any of his way in London . " The order in which this aspiring young man of the world records the virtues will not ...
... success , praising his master " as being of as good char- acter , both for accuracy in his business , and good morals , as any of his way in London . " The order in which this aspiring young man of the world records the virtues will not ...
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... success . long as this vista is seen stretching before all is well with labor . There will be friction , of course , between capital and labor , but it will be healthy friction , As needed by , and good for , both . of GLASGOW TO LONDON 33.
... success . long as this vista is seen stretching before all is well with labor . There will be friction , of course , between capital and labor , but it will be healthy friction , As needed by , and good for , both . of GLASGOW TO LONDON 33.
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... Professor Black , and the successful opera- tion of telegraph cables by its Professor and present Lord Chancellor ( Lord Kelvin ) . May the future of Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past ! Her " RETURN TO GLASGOW 37.
... Professor Black , and the successful opera- tion of telegraph cables by its Professor and present Lord Chancellor ( Lord Kelvin ) . May the future of Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past ! Her " RETURN TO GLASGOW 37.
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