Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... The Conqueror "TET me sleep," was the command of Napoleon, when J_i retiring on the eve of a great battle. "But in case of an unexpected crisis, wake me immediately!" The Conqueror is not afraid. Sheridan, riding his black steed over twenty miles of uncertainty during the civil war, after being informed of the conquering enemy, had but one thought in his mind -- victory. So as he rode into the ranks of his terrified comrades, he cried: "Turn boys, turn -- we're going back." And they went back. And won! The Conqueror lives on crises. Striking his will against the flint of his soul, he produces the fire that spurs and drives him to his goal. He alone is the happy warrior. The Conqueror is the visionist, the enthusiast, the determiner-- the smiler! The scrubwoman may be a Conqueror. The worker at the most menial task may be greater than any Napoleon. Glory is merely recognition. The humdrum may have its disadvantages and discouragements -- but it may father, in its way, Conquerors as great and as worth while as any of time or place. For the Conqueror first wins all of his battles within his heart. Pick Out Your World MILLIONS of you as there are, yet in truth you are so important that you may be given a world to rule. And upon your ability to rule with energy and courage, rests the dimensions of the world that shall be yours. The bigger the world, the more fun and interest, of course. The trouble with so many human beings is that they have been brought up to the fact that they are to take their place in a world, and not specifically their world. There is no responsibility in a world, but in your world there is responsibility aplenty. Unless you realize this fact and pick up a real, separate world somewhere and get right up into its lap as...
