[Illustration: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, American Philosopher, Statesman, Diplomatist, and Author. _b. Boston, 1706; d. Philadelphia, 1790_.] AN IRON WILL _By_ ORISON SWETT MARDEN AUTHOR OF "PUSHING TO THE FRONT," ETC. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ABNER BAYLEY _ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS_ New York: THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1901 BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY. AN IRON WILL. CHAPTER I. TRAINING THE WILL. "The education of the will is the object of our existence," says Emerson. Nor is this putting it too strongly, if we take into account the human will in its relations to the divine. This accords with the saying of J. Stuart Mill, that "a character is a completely fashioned will." In respect to …
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