“Every child should be taught to expect success.”
“The man who has learned the art of seeing things looks with his brain.”
“The best educated people are those who are always learning, always absorbing knowledge from every possible source and at every opportunity.”
“People do not realize the immense value of utilizing spare minutes.”
“No substitute has ever yet been discovered for honesty.”
“Poverty is of no value except as a vantage ground for a starting point.”
The son of poor parents, he was born in 1850 in Thornton Gore, a New Hampshire hamlet, to Lewis and Martha Marden. His father was a farmer, hunter, and trapper. His mother stayed home and took care of Orison and his two sisters. Orison was a mere 3 years old when his mother died at the age of twenty-two. Though his father was devastated by the loss he did his best to raise his three children and provide for them their basic needs. An unfortunate accident occured in which his father was seriously injured by a fallen tree trunk while setting a bear trap. Soon after the accident Lewis passed away and was buried along side his wife Martha… Read more
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