Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves in order to achieve the American Dream. This…

It isn’t so much that which is required. A man could easily be found to do the hardest of the work. But somebody is needed who understands farming, and is…

Poor Paul! his back ached dreadfully, for he had never before done any harder work than trifling services for his father. But the inexorable Mr. Mudge was in sight, and…

You ought to cut your coat according to your cloth, he responded. Much as it will go against my feelings, under the circumstances I am compelled by a prudent regard…

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author of approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works are rags-to-riches stories of down-and-out boys who achieve success through hard work…

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