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The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service

The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service

by Newell Dwight Hillis

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Author
Hillis, Newell Dwight, 1858-1929
Credits
Produced by Al Haines
Language
English
LoC Class
BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
Subject
Conduct of life
Category
Text
eBook-No.
17274
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17274
Release Date
December 10, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
  2. 2.DEDICATION
  3. 3.FOREWORD.
  4. 4.CONTENTS. — CHAP.
  5. 5.INFLUENCE, AND THE ATMOSPHERE MAN CARRIES.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I.
  7. 7.LIFE'S GREAT HEARTS, AND THE HELPFULNESS OF THE HIGHER MANHOOD.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II.
  9. 9.THE INVESTMENT OF TALENT AND ITS RETURN.
  10. 10.CHAPTER III.
  11. 11.VICARIOUS LIVES AS INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IV.
  13. 13.GENIUS, AND THE DEBT OF STRENGTH.
  14. 14.CHAPTER V.
  15. 15.THE TIME ELEMENT IN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER AND SOCIAL GROWTH.
  16. 16.CHAPTER VI.
  17. 17.THE SUPREMACY OF HEART OVER BRAIN.
  18. 18.CHAPTER VII.
  19. 19.RENOWN THROUGH SELF-RENUNCIATION.
  20. 20.CHAPTER VIII.
  21. 21.THE GENTLENESS OF TRUE GIANTHOOD.
  22. 22.CHAPTER IX.
  23. 23.THE THUNDER OF SILENT FIDELITY:
  24. 24.CHAPTER X.
  25. 25.INFLUENCE, AND THE STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN OPPORTUNITY.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XI.
  27. 27.INFLUENCE, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF REACTION IN LIFE AND CHARACTER.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XII.
  29. 29.THE LOVE THAT PERFECTS LIFE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XIII.
  31. 31.HOPE'S HARVEST, AND THE FAR-OFF INTEREST OF TEARS.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XIV.
  33. 33.INDEX.

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