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TO-DAY	1
THE GREEK SLAVE WHO WON THE OLIVE CROWN	3
TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE OF A HERO	5
II. A BORN LEADER	5
III. “FARRAGUT IS THE MAN”	6
HE AIMED HIGH AND HIT THE MARK	7
THE EVOLUTION OF A VIOLINIST	8
THE LESSON OF THE TEAKETTLE	10
HOW THE ART OF PRINTING WAS DISCOVERED	12
SEA FEVER AND WHAT IT LED TO	14
GLADSTONE FOUND TIME TO BE KIND	16
A TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLE	17
THE MIGHT OF PATIENCE	19
THE INSPIRATION OF GAMBETTA	19
ANDREW JACKSON THE BOY WHO “NEVER WOULD GIVE UP”	21
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY’S GREATEST DISCOVERY, MICHAEL FARADAY	22
THE TRIUMPH OF CANOVA	24
FRANKLIN’S LESSON ON TIME VALUE	26
FROM STORE BOY TO MILLIONAIRE	26
HOW A POOR, UNTAUGHT FARMER’S BOY BECAME AN ARTIST	29
THE CALL THAT SPEAKS IN THE BLOOD	31
WASHINGTON’S YOUTHFUL HEROISM	32
A COW HIS CAPITAL	33
THE BOY WHO SAID “I MUST”	34
THE HIDDEN TREASURE	36
LOVE TAMED THE LION	39
THE UPLIFT OF A SLAVE BOY’S IDEAL	41
THE “WIZARD” AS AN EDITOR	43
HOW GOOD FORTUNE CAME TO PIERRE	44
A BOY WHO KNEW NOT FEAR	47
HOW STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE	51
THE NESTOR OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS	56
THE MAN WITH AN IDEA	57
HOW THE “LEARNED BLACKSMITH” FOUND TIME	63
THE LEGEND OF WILLIAM TELL	63
THREE GREAT AMERICAN SONGS AND THEIR AUTHORS	71
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER	74
II. AMERICA	75
AMERICA	77
III. THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC	77
THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC	79
TRAINING FOR GREATNESS	80
THE MARBLE WAITETH	90
(Three Pages)	95

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