From Character, 1881 By Samuel Smiles CHARACTER is one of the greatest motive powers in the world. In its ...

The Gains of Drudgery From The Making of Manhood, 1894 By William James Dawson By drudgery, I mean ...

In an Age of Fops and Toys By: Ralph Waldo Emerson In an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of ...

On June 6, 1944, General George S. Patton wrote this letter to his twenty-year-old son, George Jr., who was ...

"Que va," the boy said, "It is what a man must do." "Success" is all too often assumed to be the indicator ...

In my post on the Switch of Nature, I contended that cynicism constitutes one of the greatest ...

From "New Mexico," 1928 By DH Lawrence Superficially, the world has become small and known. Poor little ...

"Dr. Johnson and His Father" From 30 More Famous Stories Retold, 1905 By James Baldwin SCENE FIRST It ...

Call of the Wild By: Robert W. Service Have you gazed on naked grandeur where there's nothing else to ...

Photo courtesy of the Powers family. Editor's note: This is a guest post by Marcus Brotherton, the ...

Who was the greatest Deputy U.S. Marshal of the Old West? Wyatt Earp? Wild Bill Hickok? How about ...

From Lincoln's Yarns and Stories, 1900 The President was bothered to death by those persons who ...

"Foundations" From Traits of Character, 1899 By Henry F. Kletzing Don't risk a life structure upon a ...

George Lorimer, an editor at the Saturday Evening Post, published a series of fictional letters in that ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Yasser El Hadari, an AoM reader from Egypt. If you've been ...

When it comes to manly characters in literature, my thoughts always return to one man: Atticus ...

The Bridge Builder An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, ...

While traveling in France, author William J. Lederer was so touched by the actions of an American Navy Sailor ...

Harry Houdini. “The Handcuff King.” “The Man Who Walked Through Walls.” Master Magician. Escape ...

A Psalm of Life By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow What the heart of the young man said to the ...