The Will and Success of Orison S. Marden
Translated from the latest edition of the original, edited by Stanislaw Michalski
"This book teaches how to live. To live a high, upper, industrious, beautiful life. It teaches how to look at the world with bright eyes and sharp thought (...) It teaches how to fight for existence with the noblest weapons - the weapons of training the will, fulfilling duties, the weapons of kindness, gentleness, smiles (...) The American author has analyzed with extraordinary perspicacity the paths that lead to success in this in a way so clear, so engaging that the book reads like a novel (.... We have fallen far behind Western Europe and America - here we now have a book that teaches in simple persuasive terms how it is possible to catch up with other nations and even overtake them" (after the preface)
Orison Marden's book, first published in 1894 under the original title "Pushing to the Front," became an instant bestseller, with positive comments from American Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as English Prime Minister William Gladstone. It was inspired by Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone, among others. The work is a guide aimed at those seeking personal growth and success, emphasizing the key role of determination, ambition and skill, and taking advantage of the opportunities life gives.
Year of publication: Warsaw 1911, M. Arct Bookstore
pp [4], III, 212, [4].
Format: 19 x 12.5 cm
Binding: half leather/gilt titling on the front cover
Condition: complete and consistent, no signatures or underlining in the text, stamp on title page "Bibl. Pryw. A.W.", pastedown with information about the book, cover with rubbing
