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  STRIVE AND THRIVE.




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  STRIVE AND THRIVE;

  OR,

  STORIES FOR THE EXAMPLE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
  OF THE YOUNG.

  [Illustration]

  LONDON:

  T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
  EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.
  1875.




  Contents.


  COURAGE AND PRESENCE OF MIND,       7

  THE BOY WHO TOLD THE TRUTH,        24

  TRY AGAIN,                         43

  LEARN TO SAY "NO,"                 62

  LITTLE CHARLIE'S WILL,             80

  THE STUDENT AND APPRENTICE,        97