The qualities of every noble life have their foundation in the truths unfolded in this volume, and, living these truths, men have made their lives grandly successful. The great problem of the ages and the burning question of to -day 18, How to Succeed. Every generation of the past has been confronted by this problem, and each individual is to day asking the same vital question. The hopes and hearts of men are all alike. They may differ in degree, but never in kmd. Your hopes are like mine. I wish for happiness, so do you. I desire to succeed, so do you. Our ideals of happiness or success may differ, but each is striving for that ideal we call success. N 0 person in his right mind ever yet wished for ruin to his hopes.