Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

CHAPTER I.

SELF-HELP—NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL.

“The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.”—_J. S. Mill_.

“We put too much faith in systems, and look too little to men.”—_B. Disraeli_.

“HEAVEN helps those who help themselves” is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast human experience. The spiri...