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The object of the following pages is to place before the reader brief narratives of the career of those who have fought their way to eminence and distinction in various walks of life; and thus to develop in the mind of youth noble tastes and high principles, as well as to inspire and sustain that spirit of industry, which is essential to the attainment of any position worth striving for. Contents: Great: Poets, Historians; Critics; Statesmen; Lawyers; Philanthropists; Astronomers; Natural Philosophers; Mathematicians; Chemists; Naturalists; Sailors; Soldiers; Musicians; Painters; Sculptors; Scholars; Divines; Surgeons.