Project Gutenberg 2006-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 970 Lewis, Harry A. Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Preface -- Introduction -- Quotations -- Daniel Drew -- Russell Sage -- Cornelius Vanderbilt -- Amos Lawrence -- Horace B. Claflin -- William E. Dodge -- Jay Gould -- John Wannamaker -- Alexander T. Stewart -- Nicholas Longworth -- Robert Bonner -- William G. Fargo -- James C. Flood -- John W. MacKay -- James C. Fair -- Horace Greeley -- Thurlow Weed -- George W. Childs -- James Gordon Bennett -- Phineas T. Barnum -- Mathew Vassar -- John Jacob Astor -- Potter Palmer -- James Harper -- Henry Disston -- Peter Cooper -- George Law -- Darius O. Mills -- Stephen Girard -- Moses Taylor -- William C. Ralston -- George Peabody -- William W. Corcoran -- Nathan Mayer Rothschild -- John Adams -- Thomas Jefferson -- John Marshall -- Alexander Hamilton -- James Madison -- James Monroe -- Lewis Cass -- John C. Calhoun -- Robert Y. Hayne -- Daniel Webster -- Andrew Jackson -- Thomas H. Benton -- Henry Clay -- Martin Van Buren -- Stephen Arnold Douglass -- Abbott Lawrence -- Alexander H. Stephens -- Millard Fillmore -- William H. Seward -- Horatio Seymour -- Winfield S. Hancock -- George B. McClellan -- Ulysses Simpson Grant -- Stonewall Jackson -- General Robert E. Lee -- Henry Wilson -- Abraham Lincoln -- Edward Everett -- Edwin M. Stanton -- Andrew Johnson -- James A. Garfield -- Chester A. Arthur -- John A. Logan -- James G. Blaine -- Samuel J. Tilden -- Henry Ward Beecher -- James Watt -- George Stephenson -- Benjamin Franklin -- Eli Whitney -- Robert Fulton -- Elias Howe, Jr. -- Isaac M. Singer -- Richard M. Hoe -- Charles Goodyear -- Prof. S. F. B. Morse -- Cyrus W. Field -- George M. Pullman -- Thomas A. Edison -- Why some succeed while others fail. E-text prepared by Chuck Greif and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/c/) from materials generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail" by Harry A. Lewis is a motivational treatise written in the late 19th century. The book explores the characteristics and shared traits of successful individuals who rose from humble beginnings to achieve great wealth and influence. Through biographical sketches, it aims to inspire readers by illustrating that success is largely a result of determination, hard work, and good habits rather than mere luck. At the start of the work, the author emphasizes the stark contrast between those who succeed and those who fail, highlighting the importance of self-reliance and self-help. The opening portion focuses on laying the groundwork for the subsequent portraits of successful figures, urging readers to examine their personal journeys from struggle to achievement. Lewis presents anecdotes about individuals such as Daniel Drew and Russell Sage, showcasing their tenacity, resourcefulness, and strategic thinking which propelled them to prominence. The text seeks not only to inform but to motivate, suggesting that understanding the paths of these achievers may provide valuable lessons for aspiring individuals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/20151/20151-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 57.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Success United States -- Biography BJ Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Biographies 936506 2025-06-08T13:18:23.859304 text/html 944396 2013-03-11T19:27:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1617985 2021-01-01T16:41:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1490476 2025-06-08T13:18:35.863266 application/epub+zip 1500157 2025-06-08T13:18:25.869278 application/epub+zip 410332 2025-06-08T13:18:24.787286 application/epub+zip 1840506 2025-06-08T13:18:43.763217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1737079 2025-06-08T13:18:34.356296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595593 2022-09-09T13:03:34.888162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 872255 2025-06-08T13:18:22.653297 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 871731 2021-01-01T16:41:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 332344 2021-01-01T16:41:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 871743 2021-01-01T16:41:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 332333 2021-01-01T16:41:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22197 2025-06-08T13:18:43.952203 application/rdf+xml 5862 2025-06-08T13:18:24.897323 image/jpeg 1374 2025-06-08T13:18:24.843285 image/jpeg 1438460 2025-06-08T13:18:23.987302 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog