THOUGHTS THAT INSPIRE Volume I ARRANGED AND COMPILED BY GEORGE H. KNOX Author of "Ready Money" PERSONAL HELP PUBLISHING COMPANY DES MOINES, IOWA Copyright, 1905 By GEORGE H. KNOX. Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England. Protected by International copyright in Great Britain and all her ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (Printed in the United States.) A WORD OF APPRECIATION. "No man liveth unto himself." Without co-operation, civilization would cease to exist. The brilliant gems of thought of this and other ages are the inspiration of the present. For "Thoughts That Inspire" we are indebted to those who have gone, but whose words will inspire mankind forever; and to the men of the present, the great living, breathing engines of progress whose lives are shortened, but whose names are made immortal in their toil for humanity and for the glory of achievement. To these giants of our own day we are under the greatest obligations-especially to such men as Orison Swett Marden, to whom the whole world is indebted for the magazine Success, and for the many splendid books which he has written; the great preacher and author, Newell Dwight Hillis, whose books are inspiring humanity; and George Horace Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post, to whom we are indebted for many of our best quotations. The great poets, whose inspiring lines appear in these volumes, are blessing humanity, and their poems should be in every home. We desire to express publicly our appreciation of their kindness in permitting us to use their songs of inspiration. We wish also to thank the publishers of the magazines who have given 139335 these poems to the world for their courtesy in allowing us to reprint. Most of the poems of Alfred J. Waterhouse, Ernest Neal Lyon, George Shepard Burleigh, Holman F. Day, and Wm. J. Lampton have appeared in the magazine Success. In the selection of quotations for these books, our friends have been most generous. We are under obligations to our entire office force for the contribution of their favorite quotations, and for their words of encouragement. We are under special obligations to James Alexander Beattie, A.M., LL.D., ex-President of the Nebraska State Normal School, and of Hiram College, who was in our employ during the year 1904, and whose time and attention were given almost exclusively to the collection of quotations for "Thoughts That Inspire." The poems in both volumes have been selected and arranged by Daisy Maytum Kelso, who has assisted us more in the compilation of these books than has any other one person. G. H. K. |