Destiny and Luck Across Legends and Life Lessons
The excerpt surveys historic views on fate and fortune, citing Pliny, Cicero, Shakespeare, Burns, Raleigh, and Burns again. It argues success stems from action, energy, and persistent effort, not mere luck, with examples from Edison, Girard, Astor, Rockefeller, and Carnegie. Luck is said to bloom from pluck and sustained self-improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Cicero
Lear
Caesar
Alexander
Napoleon
Cromwell
Bratas
Robert Burns
Dame Fortune
Walter Raleigh
Thomas Buxton
America
University of
Edison
Stephen Girard
Aid
John Jacob Astor
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Clergy urged to expose temptations across professions
A speaker argues clergy should study congregants and the temptations tied to their professions, such as banking. He says ministers must help earners see shared culpability, recognize systemic issues, and prepare minds for future reforms while urging readiness for a moral reckoning.
Patchwork Education and Social Efficiency Concerns
A discussion of education faults argues the curriculum is a patchwork of studies lacking guiding principles. It contends waste stems from curriculum maladjustment to pupil and public needs and from isolated experiences that clog school life.
Wickersham a Hustler Polished Like Harriman in Washington
The new attorney general George Woodward Wickersham, slender and energetic, resembles Edward Harriman in looks. Once a corporation lawyer, he vows to enforce anti trust laws by merit of evidence and the law, not public clamour, while stating he will not rush to indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward H. Harriman
George Woodward Wickersham
Marriman
Tle
Wickersham
Mr. Wickersham
Mr. Bonaparte
George W. Wickersham
Whisky Trust
Sugar Trust
Taft
New York
Roosevelt Trust
James J. Him
Middle West
Interborough Rapids Transit Company
August
Wide Marsham
Thomases
Philander Chase Krox
Buster
Wickerhans
Addison Spriggs and the Peanut Emancipation Dream
Addison Spriggs, described as a friend of the toil ing masses, declares a mission to liberate the people by promoting peanuts over beef. After a heated encounter with a butcher and a struggling woman, he is physically ejected to the sidewalk, musing on his duty to awaken the oppressed and challenging predatory wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Spriggs
5. E. Kiser
Toll
Meat Trust
Caesars
Jine
A Look Ahead by A K Munkittrick
A whimsical forward glance at spring with playful imagery. The piece blends nature motifs and seasonal signs, hinting at warming days, budding life, and cultural cues like posters and theater music as winter wanes.
An Exhibition of Nerve By Peter Newell
A humorous, chaotic dental tale recounts a toothache night and a dentist’s botched nerve removal with comic misfires. The patient narrates a frantic visit, a dramatic drill, and a dramatic ammonia gun moment in a bustling office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerve
Peter Newell
Comex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uler
Madison C. Peters
By Lincoln Steffens
James L. Merriam
Astréralty of
Missouri
Wigkersham
Harriman
Corporation
Wall
Addison Borigga
Ma Offlea
W. G. Chapman
A. K. Munkittrick
Martins
Achoolboy
Ieee
Wennfam
Mareling
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