Excerpt from Turning Points in Successful Careers In discussing the subject of this volume, the following facts appear. 1. The turning-point in each career stud ied. This is the chief aim of the author, kept at the front from beginning to end. 2. The early life of each subject is traced somewhat in detail, up to the turning point, to make it clear to the reader how it was done. 3. Each life following the turning-point is briefly sketched, that the successful conclusion may be con firmed. 4. Necessarily, each career as a whole appears in abridged form. 5. While it is not the direct pur pose to discuss the elements of success, these naturally reveal themselves to the reader through the method of treatment. 6. The prominence of knowledge and char acter in the right choice when the achiever approaches the parting of the ways. Ignorance, stupidity, and worthlessness take the wrong way. 7. The divine ele. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Turning Points in Successful Careers "The chance of a lifetime comes to every man," it is said; and it is probably true. The fact is not so conspicuous in commonplace as it is in superior lives. It is as true, however, in lives that are failures as it is in those that are a success. The favorable opportunity presents itself, and the observant and aspiring behold and seize it, and move on to fortune; while the indifferent and shiftless let it slip, and thereby invite failure. Shakespeare has it thus:- "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea we are now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures." It is an interesting study to trace these chances in the lives of men and women, and it is instructive and assuring also. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.