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THE VALUE OF HAVING AN OBJECT IN LIFE.
Thomas De Quincey-The Value of having an Object in
Life A Tablet in Westminster Abbey-The Sculp-
tor and his Block of Marble-Lord Thurlow and his
Schoolfellow-Lord Brougham and the Chancellor-
ship-Mottoes-Great Men-Paul and Abdiel the
Rabbi-Little and Great Natures-Count and Coun-
tess De La Garaye-Jeanette Berglind and her Silent
School-Maria Magdalena Mattsdotter-Cherish
Lofty Ideas-How to move the World, or the
Philosopher and the Athenian Youth-Inspirations
of Youth,
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CHAPTER III.
THE POWER OF INDUSTRY.
Motto of the Peel Family-Industry of the Peels-Power
of Industry-'Chalk your Bobbins'- Mercantile
Origin of Great Families-Lord Tenterden and his
Son Charles-Lord Thurlow and the Duke of Grafton
-Swift's Lines on the Old Gentry-Whittier's Song
of the Shoemakers—Early Life of Thomas Cooper—
How William Chambers commenced Business-
Power of Work-The Three Gifts,
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CHAPTER IV.
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
Honesty the best Policy-Honesty and Fraud-The Boy
that had no Tact-Is he an Honest Man?-The
Loaf of Bread containing Money-A Chinese Story
in Verse-The Pat of Butter and the Half-crown-
Honesty and Rewards-The Dutch Shipmaster and
the Honest Woman-The Jockey and his Honest
Horse,
CHAPTER V.
SELF-RELIANCE.
Self-reliance-A Red Indian Allegory-Opposition to Difficulty-Two Noble Sisters-The Story of Peter
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