Men of Business

The road to success in business is not a narrow, hedged-in highway. It is not even one road, but many pathways, each of which may be followed across the great field of life, if entered by the type of human character adapted to it. The types are varied, and often they are blended. A ny profitable study of them, however, can be best performed by selecting a few distinct and marked examples. This has been attempted in a series of brief character sketches of eminently successful careers, each emphasizing some dominant trait. It has been deemed well to employ the portraits of the living as well as of those whose work is finished. It is somewhat like a gallery, therefore, in which are presented likenesses of the warrior, the statesman, the diplomatist, the artist, the pioneer, the adventurer, the inventor, the explorer, the organizer, the foreseer, and other types of business men whose success is beyond dispute. The materials for these biographical studies have been obtained, as far as possible, from original sources, including valuable data never before printed. With a large majority of the men selected, the author has been personally acquainted, and has drawn them from the life.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org