Brave Men and Women

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Author

Fuller, Osgood E. (Osgood Eaton), 1835-1900

Title

Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs

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Produced by Kevin Handy, John Hagerson, and the the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

CT: History: Biography

Subject

Biography

Category

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eBook-No.

13942

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13942

Release Date

November 3, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BRAVE — MEN AND WOMEN
2. 2.Their Struggles, Failures, and Triumphs. — BY — O.E. FULLER, A.M.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. — (BORN 1706--DIED 1790.) — HIS FAME STILL CLIMBING TO HEAVEN--WHAT HE HAD DONE AT FIFTY-TWO--POOR RICHARD'S ADDRESS. — AT FIFTY-TWO. — POOR RICHARD'S ADDRESS.
6. 6.DEFENSE OF A GREAT MAN. — WAS DR. FRANKLIN MEAN?--JAMES PARTON'S ANSWER. — JAMES PARTON'S ANSWER.
7. 7.SIR WALTER SCOTT AND HIS MOTHER. — THE MOTHER'S EDUCATION--THE SON'S TRAINING--DOMESTIC LOVE AND SOCIAL DUTIES. — THE MOTHER'S' EDUCATION. — THE SON'S TRAINING. — DOMESTIC LOVE AND SOCIAL DUTY.
8. 8.ABIGAIL ADAMS — (BORN 1744--DIED 1818.) — THE WIFE OF OUR SECOND PRESIDENT--THE MOTHER OF OUR SIXTH.
9. 9.TWO NEIGHBOURS. — WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF LIFE.
10. 10.HORACE GREELEY. — (BORN 1811--DIED 1872.) — THE MOLDER OF PUBLIC OPINION--THE BRAVE JOURNALIST. — THE MOLDER OF PUBLIC OPINION. — THE BRAVE JOURNALIST.
11. 11.WENDELL PHILLIPS — (BORN 1811--DIED 1884.) — THE TIMES WHEN HE APPEARED--"WHO IS THIS FELLOW?"--A FLAMING ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY--LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT--POWER TO DISCERN THE RIGHT--THE MOB-BEATEN HERO TRIUMPHANT. — THE TIMES WHEN HE APPEARED. — "WHO IS THIS FELLOW?" — A FLAMING ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY. — LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT. — POWER TO DISCERN THE RIGHT. — THE MOB-BEATEN HERO TRIUMPHANT.
12. 12.MARY WORDSWORTH — (BORN 1770--DIED 1859.) — THE KINDLY WIFE OF THE GREAT POET.
13. 13.MADAME MALIBRAN. — (BORN 1808--DIED 1836.) — HER CAREER AS A SINGER--KINDNESS OF HEART.
14. 14.GARFIELD.--MAXIMS. — GATHERED FROM HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC.
15. 15.WHAT I CARRIED TO COLLEGE. — A REMINISCENCE AT FORTY--PICTURES OF RURAL LIFE.
16. 16.SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. — (BORN 1786--DIED 1847.) — HEROISM ON THE GREAT DEEP--A MARTYR OF THE POLAR SEA.
17. 17.ELIZABETH ESTAUGH. — (BORN 1682--DIED 1762.) — A QUAKER COURTSHIP, IN WHICH SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL ACTOR.
18. 18."CHINESE" GORDON. — IN THE TRENCHES OF THE CRIMEA--PUTS DOWN THE GREAT TAIPING REBELLION IN CHINA IN 1863-4--HERO OF THE SOUDAN--BEARDS THE MEN-STEALERS IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS, AND MAKES THE PEOPLE LOVE HIM.
19. 19.MEN'S WIVES. — BITS OF COMMON SENSE AND WISDOM ON A GREAT SUBJECT.
20. 20.WOMEN'S HUSBANDS. — WHAT THE "BREAD WINNERS" LIKE IN THEIR WIVES--A LITTLE CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION.
21. 21.JOHN PLOUGHMAN. — WHAT HE SAYS OF RELIGIOUS GRUMBLERS--GOOD-NATURE AND FIRMNESS--PATIENCE--OPPORTUNITIES--FAULTS--HOME--MEN WHO ARE DOWN--HOPE--HINTS AS TO THRIVING, ETC. — RELIGIOUS GRUMBLERS. — GOOD-NATURE AND FIRMNESS. — PATIENCE. — ON SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES. — FAULTS. — HOME. — MEN WHO ARE DOWN. — HOPE. — MY FIRST WIFE. — HINTS AS TO THRIVING. — TRY.
22. 22.CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL. — (BORN 1750--DIED 1848) — A NOBLE, SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN.
23. 23.PESTIFEROUS LITERATURE. — THE PRINTING-PRESS THE MIGHTIEST AGENCY ON EARTH FOR GOOD AND FOR EVIL--THE FLOOD OF IMPURE AND LOATHSOME LITERATURE--WHAT CAN WE DO TO ABATE THIS PESTILENCE?--WHAT BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS SHALL WE READ?--HOW PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
24. 24.SATISFIED — AND OTHER POEMS.
25. 25.HEROES OF SCIENCE. — MICHAEL FARADAY--SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS--M. PASTEUR. — FARADAY. — SIEMENS — PASTEUR.
26. 26.MY UNCLE TOBY — ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS OF A GREAT GENIUS.
27. 27.STEPHEN GIRARD — (BORN 1750--DIED 1831.) — THE NAPOLEON OF MERCHANTS--HIS LIFE SUCCESSFUL, AND YET A FAILURE.
28. 28.DISAPPOINTMENTS. — PLEASURE AFTER PAIN--PAIN AFTER PLEASURE.
29. 29.AN OLD STORY IN A NEW LIGHT.
30. 30.FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. — THE HEROINE OF THE CRIMEA.
31. 31.SHY PEOPLE — HAWTHORNE-WASHINGTON, IRVING, AND OTHERS--MADAME RECAMIER. — HAWTHORNE. — WASHINGTON AND IRVING. — MADAME RECAMIER.
32. 32.JOHN MARSHALL — (BORN 1755--DIED 1835.) — IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY--HIS MARRIAGE--LAW LECTURES--AT THE BAR--HIS INTELLECTUAL POWERS--ON THE BENCH. — OUR JUDGE ON DRILL. — HIS MARRIAGE. — LAW LECTURES. — AT THE BAR. — INTELLECTUAL POWER. — ON THE BENCH.
33. 33.A NOBLE MOTHER. — HOW SHE TRAINED HERSELF, AND EDUCATED HER BOYS
34. 34.THE CARE OF THE BODY. — WHAT DR. SARGENT, OF THE HARVARD GYMNASIUM, SAYS ABOUT IT--POINTS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS.
35. 35.SAINT CECILIA — THE PATRONESS OF MUSIC-MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC-ITS RELATION TO WORK AND BLESSEDNESS — MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC. — THE RELATION OF MUSIC TO WORK AND BLESSEDNESS.
36. 36.THOMAS DE QUINCEY. — (BORN 1786--DIED 1859.) — A LIFE OF WONDER AND WARNING.
37. 37.A VISION OF TIME. — NEW-YEAR'S EVE.
38. 38.JOHN BUNYAN — (BORN 1628--DIED 1688.) — FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
39. 39.MADAME ROLAND — (BORN 1754--DIED 1793.) — THE MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION--THE IPHIGENIA OF FRANCE.
40. 40.CHEERFUL AND BRAVE. — THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON--SIR WALTER RALEIGH--XENOPHON-- CÆSAR--NELSON--HENRY OF NAVARRE--QUEEN ELIZABETH-- SYDNEY SMITH--ROBERT HALL--LATIMER--TOM HOOD.
41. 41.HAROLD. — THE LAST SAXON KING OF ENGLAND.
42. 42.PETER COOPER, — (BORN 1791--DIED 1883.) — THE LESSON OF A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE.
43. 43.ILLUSIONS — "Therefore trust to thy heart, and what the world calls illusions."--LONGFELLOW.
44. 44.PHILLIPS BROOKS — AT HOME.
45. 45.SAINT JOHN AND THE ROBBER. — A LEGEND OF THE FIRST CENTURY.
46. 46.JOHN PLOUGHMAN AGAIN — THE PITH AND MARROW OF CERTAIN OLD PROVERBS. — IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT. — BURN A CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, AND IT WILL SOON BE GONE. — HUNCHBACK SEES NOT HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE SEES HIS NEIGHBOR'S. — A LOOKING-GLASS IS OF NO USE TO A BLIND MAN. — DON'T CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE. — IT IS HARD FOR AN EMPTY SACK TO STAND UPRIGHT. — A HAND-SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO SHAVE WITH. — TWO DOGS FIGHT FOR A BONE, AND A THIRD RUNS AWAY WITH IT. — HE HAS A HOLE UNDER HIS NOSE. AND HIS MONEY RUNS INTO IT. — STICK TO IT AND DO IT. — LIKE CAT LIKE KIT. — A BLACK HEN LAYS A WHITE EGG. — EVERY BIRD LIKES ITS OWN NEST.
47. 47.HENRY WILSON — (BORN 1812--DIED 1875.) — FROM THE SHOEMAKER'S BENCH TO THE CHAIR OF VICE-PRESIDENT.
48. 48.JOAN OF ARC — (BORN 1412--DIED 1431.) — THE PEASANT MAIDEN WHO DELIVERED HER COUNTRY AND BECAME A MARTYR IN ITS CAUSE.
49. 49.THE SONG OF WORK — MANY PHASES AND MANY EXAMPLES.
50. 50.ALVIN S. SOUTHWORTH — CROSSING THE NUBIAN DESERT.
51. 51.A FORBIDDEN TOPIC. — WHICH SOME PEOPLE PERSIST IN INTRODUCING.
52. 52.IDA LEWIS WILSON. — THE GRACE DARLING OF AMERICA.
53. 53.RACHEL JACKSON — (BORN 1767--DIED 1828.) — THE WIFE OF OUR SEVENTH PRESIDENT.
54. 54.DISCONTENTED GIRLS. — ONE PANACEA FOR THEM--AND ONE REFUGE.
55. 55.THE VOICE IN RAMAH. — "Rachel weeping for her children, and would not he comforted, because they were not."
56. 56.LA FAYETTE. — (BORN 1757--DIED 1834.) — THE FRIEND AND DEFENDER OF LIBERTY ON TWO CONTINENTS.
57. 57.LYDIA SIGOURNEY — (BORN 1791--DIED 1865.) — THE LESSON OF A USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
58. 58.OLD AGE AND USEFULNESS — THE GLORY OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN.
59. 59.RHYMES AND CHIMES — (ALL BRAND NEW) — SUITABLE FOR AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS.

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