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PREFATORY NOTE.

HE following pages have been prepared with two distinct purposes in view: first, to give a closer view of a number of distinguished contemporary Americans; and, second, to set out, in bold relief, the most important elements of success, as they are conceived and attested by these eminent personages. There is no kind of reading at the same time more stimulating, more entertaining, and more genuinely instructive than biography; especially if such biography brings us face to face with the most practical and vital problems and questions of everyday life.

The material for this work has been drawn from many persons and sources. For the sketch of John D. Long, we are especially indebted to Mrs. Mary C. Robbins; for that of Cardinal Gibbons, to Rev. Charles W. Currier; for that of John W. Daniel, to Mr. E. A. Herndon; for that of Charles Emory Smith, to Mr. Clarence E. Dawson; for that of David Starr Jordan, to Prof. William J. Neidig; for that of Henry Watterson, to Mr. Ernest L. Aroni; and for that of Senator W. A. Clark, to Mr. Joaquin Miller. All sketches included, indeed, have been prepared by unusually capable writers. The instructive discussions of the various elements of success are almost as diverse in authorship as the biographies, although the veteran author, Mr. William M. Thayer, has been the largest contributor.

It is earnestly hoped that this combination of living careers, coupled with wise and instructive counsel, may especially appeal to the youth of both sexes as well as to many others older in years.

Places Emphasis on Persevering Effort Entrance into Political

Life A Virginia Campaign - Elected to Congress - In the

United States Senate As an Orator-Mental Characteristics
Tone of his Public Life Relations with the People - His Ancestry
Youth and Education - Military Career Begins the Study of

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- Early Newspaper Experience —

Career at Union College - His Part in the Campaign of 1860 -

Becomes Editor of the Albany Express Meeting with Horace
Greeley Editor of the Philadelphia Press-Made Minister to
Russia Campaigns with McKinley-His Appointment as Post-
master-General- Personal Characteristics Α Forceful and
Eloquent Public Speaker - To what he Attributes his Success.

CHOOSING AN OCCUPATION,

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