 If those who claim that fortune has favored certain individuals above others will but investigate the cause of success and failure, it will be found that the former is largely due to the improvement of opportunity, the latter to the neglect of it. Fortunate...  The Biographical Record of Jasper County, Missouri - Page 92by Malcolm G. McGregor - 1901 - 526 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Patterson Smith - 1898 - 906 pages
...carping criticism and lack of appreciation there needs be made but one statement, — that propitious environments encompass nearly every man at some stage...strong man and the successful man is he who realizes the intrinsic value of minor as well as great opportunities, who stands ready to take advantage of... | |
 | La Salle County (Ill.) - 1900 - 530 pages
...affiliates with the Republican party. He is unmarried. JOHN C. AMES. If those who claim that fortune favored certain individuals above others will but...environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | Abraham J. Baughman - Morrow County (Ohio) - 1911 - 486 pages
...he is decidedly worthy of the unqualified regard accorded him by his fellow men. JOHN M. MOORE. — If those who claim that fortune has favored certain...environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | Robert Sidney Douglass - Missouri - 1912 - 850 pages
...and as a citizen he commands the unalloyed confidence and esteem of his fellow men. SAMUEL BOUTIN. If those who claim that fortune has favored certain...environments encompass nearly every man at, some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | E. Polk Johnson - Kentucky - 1912 - 874 pages
...member of the Methodist Episcopal church and takes great interest in its work. SAM TEL E. JONES. — If those who claim that fortune has favored certain...environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | Henry Anson Castle - Saint Paul (Minn.) - 1912 - 538 pages
...share their home with two young sons, namely : Dudley L. and Bertram W., Jr. CLARENCE HOWARD JOHNSTON. If those who claim that fortune has favored certain...is largely due to the improvement of opportunity, and the latter to the neglect of it. Fortunate environments encompass nearly every man at some stage... | |
 | Henry Anson Castle - Saint Paul (Minn.) - 1912 - 534 pages
...and failure it will be found that the former is largely due to the improvement of opportunity, and the latter to the neglect of it. Fortunate environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful one is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | John McClelland Bulkley - Monroe County (Mich.) - 1913 - 482 pages
...school; and James Monroe, Gertrude, and Lena. The family home is at 704 Third street. BURTON PARKER. If those who claim that fortune has favored certain...environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | Washington Gardner - Calhoun County (Mich.) - 1913 - 852 pages
...other real estate in Battle Creek, where she is a general favorite in social circles. CARL F. GARTNER. If those who claim that fortune has favored certain...environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
 | Hiram Taylor French - Idaho - 1914 - 758 pages
...Scotch a successful people in whatever community they may choose to settle. GEORGE SPIEGEL. If these who claim that fortune has favored certain individuals...environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment... | |
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