Self-Possession by William Thayer

Here is the chapter I read this morning from “Gaining Favor with God and Man” by William Thayer (originally published in 1893).   I thoroughly enjoyed this chapter.  The following is an excerpt: 

“A pleasure party on a small lake were enjoying themselves, when a young lady changed her position so suddenly that the boat dipped a little water.  She uttered a scream, and sprang to the other side; others did the same, upsetting the boat, and…(read the rest here)”

Self-Possession

Not Above One’s Business by William Thayer

Here is the chapter I read this morning from “Gaining Favor with God and Man” by William Thayer (originally published in 1893). 

 The fascinating thing about this book is that it was written for children.  Amazingly, you would be hard pressed to find more than 80% of the U.S. adult population who could manage the vocabulary in this book today.

The following is an excerpt from this chapter:

“Peter the Great laid aside the robes of royalty, and entered the East India dockyard at Amsterdam, in disguise, to learn…(read the rest here)“

Not Above One’s Business

PRINCIPLE

Today I read the chapter “PRINCIPLE” from William Thayer’s book, “Gaining Favor with God and Man.”

The attached is a slightly abridged version, but more than worth the time to read.  I do find it fascinating that those who are principled will read about being principled, while those who are not absolutely refuse to do so.

PRINCIPLE

PUSH

You probably do not have the attention span to read this post.  Yes, this is from my limited perspective.  Most people I meet have been adversely affected by their desire to sit in front of a television and thus affected by the attention span shortening affect it has on it’s viewers.  This post would benefit you greatly, but you lack the very skill it references. 

I read from one of my favorite books this morning (after my walk…see below) titled, “Gaining Favor with God and Man” by William Thayer.  It was originally published in 1893.  The following is from what I read this morning and worth the very little time required to read it.

Click on this link to open the chapter from the book.