BRAVE
MEN AND WOMEN
Their Struggles, Failures, and Triumphs.
BY
O.E. FULLER, A.M.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
I.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
(BORN 1706--DIED 1790.)
HIS FAME STILL CLIMBING TO HEAVEN--WHAT HE HAD DONE AT FIFTY-TWO--POOR RICHARD'S ADDRESS.
AT FIFTY-TWO.
POOR RICHARD'S ADDRESS.
II.
DEFENSE OF A GREAT MAN.
WAS DR. FRANKLIN MEAN?--JAMES PARTON'S ANSWER.
JAMES PARTON'S ANSWER.
III.
SIR WALTER SCOTT AND HIS MOTHER.
THE MOTHER'S EDUCATION--THE SON'S TRAINING--DOMESTIC LOVE AND SOCIAL DUTIES.
THE MOTHER'S' EDUCATION.
THE SON'S TRAINING.
DOMESTIC LOVE AND SOCIAL DUTY.
IV.
ABIGAIL ADAMS
(BORN 1744--DIED 1818.)
THE WIFE OF OUR SECOND PRESIDENT--THE MOTHER OF OUR SIXTH.
V.
TWO NEIGHBOURS.
WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF LIFE.
VI.
HORACE GREELEY.
(BORN 1811--DIED 1872.)
THE MOLDER OF PUBLIC OPINION--THE BRAVE JOURNALIST.
THE MOLDER OF PUBLIC OPINION.
THE BRAVE JOURNALIST.
VII.
WENDELL PHILLIPS
(BORN 1811--DIED 1884.)
THE TIMES WHEN HE APPEARED--"WHO IS THIS FELLOW?"--A FLAMING ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY--LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT--POWER TO DISCERN THE RIGHT--THE MOB-BEATEN HERO TRIUMPHANT.
THE TIMES WHEN HE APPEARED.
"WHO IS THIS FELLOW?"
A FLAMING ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY.
LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT.
POWER TO DISCERN THE RIGHT.
THE MOB-BEATEN HERO TRIUMPHANT.
VIII
MARY WORDSWORTH
(BORN 1770--DIED 1859.)
THE KINDLY WIFE OF THE GREAT POET.
IX.
MADAME MALIBRAN.
(BORN 1808--DIED 1836.)
HER CAREER AS A SINGER--KINDNESS OF HEART.
X.
GARFIELD.--MAXIMS.
GATHERED FROM HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC.
XI.
WHAT I CARRIED TO COLLEGE.
A REMINISCENCE AT FORTY--PICTURES OF RURAL LIFE.
XII.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
(BORN 1786--DIED 1847.)
HEROISM ON THE GREAT DEEP--A MARTYR OF THE POLAR SEA.
XIII.
ELIZABETH ESTAUGH.
(BORN 1682--DIED 1762.)
A QUAKER COURTSHIP, IN WHICH SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL ACTOR.
XIV.
"CHINESE" GORDON.
IN THE TRENCHES OF THE CRIMEA--PUTS DOWN THE GREAT TAIPING REBELLION IN CHINA IN 1863-4--HERO OF THE SOUDAN--BEARDS THE MEN-STEALERS IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS, AND MAKES THE PEOPLE LOVE HIM.
XV
MEN'S WIVES.
BITS OF COMMON SENSE AND WISDOM ON A GREAT SUBJECT.
XVI.
WOMEN'S HUSBANDS.
WHAT THE "BREAD WINNERS" LIKE IN THEIR WIVES--A LITTLE CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION.
XVII.
JOHN PLOUGHMAN.
WHAT HE SAYS OF RELIGIOUS GRUMBLERS--GOOD-NATURE AND FIRMNESS--PATIENCE--OPPORTUNITIES--FAULTS--HOME--MEN WHO ARE DOWN--HOPE--HINTS AS TO THRIVING, ETC.
RELIGIOUS GRUMBLERS.
GOOD-NATURE AND FIRMNESS.
PATIENCE.
ON SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES.
FAULTS.
HOME.
MEN WHO ARE DOWN.
HOPE.
MY FIRST WIFE.
HINTS AS TO THRIVING.
TRY.
XVIII.
CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL.
(BORN 1750--DIED 1848)
A NOBLE, SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN.
XIX.
PESTIFEROUS LITERATURE.
THE PRINTING-PRESS THE MIGHTIEST AGENCY ON EARTH FOR GOOD AND FOR EVIL--THE FLOOD OF IMPURE AND LOATHSOME LITERATURE--WHAT CAN WE DO TO ABATE THIS PESTILENCE?--WHAT BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS SHALL WE READ?--HOW PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
XX.
SATISFIED
AND OTHER POEMS.
XXI.
HEROES OF SCIENCE.
MICHAEL FARADAY--SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS--M. PASTEUR.
FARADAY.
SIEMENS
PASTEUR.
XXII.
MY UNCLE TOBY
ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS OF A GREAT GENIUS.
XXIII.
STEPHEN GIRARD
(BORN 1750--DIED 1831.)
THE NAPOLEON OF MERCHANTS--HIS LIFE SUCCESSFUL, AND YET A FAILURE.
XXIV.
DISAPPOINTMENTS.
PLEASURE AFTER PAIN--PAIN AFTER PLEASURE.
XXV.
THE THREE KINGS.
AN OLD STORY IN A NEW LIGHT.
XXVI.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
THE HEROINE OF THE CRIMEA.
XXVII.
SHY PEOPLE
HAWTHORNE-WASHINGTON, IRVING, AND OTHERS--MADAME RECAMIER.
HAWTHORNE.
WASHINGTON AND IRVING.
MADAME RECAMIER.
XXVIII.
JOHN MARSHALL
(BORN 1755--DIED 1835.)
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY--HIS MARRIAGE--LAW LECTURES--AT THE BAR--HIS INTELLECTUAL POWERS--ON THE BENCH.
OUR JUDGE ON DRILL.
HIS MARRIAGE.
LAW LECTURES.
AT THE BAR.
INTELLECTUAL POWER.
ON THE BENCH.
XXIX.
A NOBLE MOTHER.
HOW SHE TRAINED HERSELF, AND EDUCATED HER BOYS
XXX.
THE CARE OF THE BODY.
WHAT DR. SARGENT, OF THE HARVARD GYMNASIUM, SAYS ABOUT IT--POINTS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS.
XXXI.
SAINT CECILIA
THE PATRONESS OF MUSIC-MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC-ITS RELATION TO WORK AND BLESSEDNESS
MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC.
THE RELATION OF MUSIC TO WORK AND BLESSEDNESS.
XXXII.
THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
(BORN 1786--DIED 1859.)
A LIFE OF WONDER AND WARNING.
XXXIII.
A VISION OF TIME.
NEW-YEAR'S EVE.
XXXIV.
JOHN BUNYAN
(BORN 1628--DIED 1688.)
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
XXXV.
MADAME ROLAND
(BORN 1754--DIED 1793.)
THE MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION--THE IPHIGENIA OF FRANCE.
XXXVI.
CHEERFUL AND BRAVE.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON--SIR WALTER RALEIGH--XENOPHON-- CÆSAR--NELSON--HENRY OF NAVARRE--QUEEN ELIZABETH-- SYDNEY SMITH--ROBERT HALL--LATIMER--TOM HOOD.
XXXVII.
HAROLD.
THE LAST SAXON KING OF ENGLAND.
XXXVIII.
PETER COOPER,
(BORN 1791--DIED 1883.)
THE LESSON OF A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE.
XXXIX.
ILLUSIONS
"Therefore trust to thy heart, and what the world calls illusions."--LONGFELLOW.
XL.
PHILLIPS BROOKS
AT HOME.
XLI.
SAINT JOHN AND THE ROBBER.
A LEGEND OF THE FIRST CENTURY.
XLII.
JOHN PLOUGHMAN AGAIN
THE PITH AND MARROW OF CERTAIN OLD PROVERBS.
IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT.
BURN A CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, AND IT WILL SOON BE GONE.
HUNCHBACK SEES NOT HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE SEES HIS NEIGHBOR'S.
A LOOKING-GLASS IS OF NO USE TO A BLIND MAN.
DON'T CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE.
IT IS HARD FOR AN EMPTY SACK TO STAND UPRIGHT.
A HAND-SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO SHAVE WITH.
TWO DOGS FIGHT FOR A BONE, AND A THIRD RUNS AWAY WITH IT.
HE HAS A HOLE UNDER HIS NOSE. AND HIS MONEY RUNS INTO IT.
STICK TO IT AND DO IT.
LIKE CAT LIKE KIT.
A BLACK HEN LAYS A WHITE EGG.
EVERY BIRD LIKES ITS OWN NEST.
XLIII.
HENRY WILSON
(BORN 1812--DIED 1875.)
FROM THE SHOEMAKER'S BENCH TO THE CHAIR OF VICE-PRESIDENT.
XLIV.
JOAN OF ARC
(BORN 1412--DIED 1431.)
THE PEASANT MAIDEN WHO DELIVERED HER COUNTRY AND BECAME A MARTYR IN ITS CAUSE.
XLV.
THE SONG OF WORK
MANY PHASES AND MANY EXAMPLES.
XLVI.
ALVIN S. SOUTHWORTH
CROSSING THE NUBIAN DESERT.
XLVII.
A FORBIDDEN TOPIC.
WHICH SOME PEOPLE PERSIST IN INTRODUCING.
XLVIII.
IDA LEWIS WILSON.
THE GRACE DARLING OF AMERICA.
XLIX.
RACHEL JACKSON
(BORN 1767--DIED 1828.)
THE WIFE OF OUR SEVENTH PRESIDENT.
L.
DISCONTENTED GIRLS.
ONE PANACEA FOR THEM--AND ONE REFUGE.
LI.
THE VOICE IN RAMAH.
"Rachel weeping for her children, and would not he comforted, because they were not."
LII.
LA FAYETTE.
(BORN 1757--DIED 1834.)
THE FRIEND AND DEFENDER OF LIBERTY ON TWO CONTINENTS.
LIII.
LYDIA SIGOURNEY
(BORN 1791--DIED 1865.)
THE LESSON OF A USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
LIV.
OLD AGE AND USEFULNESS
THE GLORY OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN.
LV.
RHYMES AND CHIMES
(ALL BRAND NEW)
SUITABLE FOR AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
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