Successward: The Young Man in Business (Chapter 3)
Successward is the 1895 book written by Edward Bok. Everyone conversant with the business life of any of our cities, large or small, will, I am sure, agree with me that …
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Successward: What, Really is Success? (Chapter 2)
Successward is the 1895 book written by Edward Bok. Before a young man goes into business it is necessary, I think, that he should set himself straight on one very …
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Successward: A Correct Knowledge of Himself (Chapter 1)
Successward is the 1895 book written by Edward Bok. The first, the most essential, and the greatest element of success with a young man starting out to make a career …
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75th Anniversary Speek by Derek Bok – 2004
Twenty-five years ago, I was privileged to speak on the occasion of the Bok Sanctuary’s 50th anniversary. I could hardly be confident then that I would be fortunate enough to …
The Work of One Man Can Make a Difference – 1979 speech by Derek Bok
Text of speech by Derek C. Bok, President of Harvard University, and grandson of Edward Bok, builder of Lake Wales’ Singing Tower. The speech was delivered February 1, 1979, on …
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Successward: A Few Prefatory Words (Introduction)
Successward is the 1895 book written by Edward Bok. The average young man is apt to think that success is not for him. To his mind it is a gift …
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Catching Up with Conservation: Lakela’s Mint Habitat Improvement Workday
In April, staff of the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) and St. Lucie County and nine volunteers from the local public participated in the final volunteer habitat improvement workday for …
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Why I Believe in Poverty As The Richest Experience That Can Come To A Boy
Written by Edward Bok and published in 1915 by the Curtis Publishing Company I MAKE my living trying to edit the “Ladies’ Home Journal.” And because the public has been most generous …
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What I Owe to America: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 39
Whatever shortcomings I may have found during my fifty-year period of Americanization; however America may have failed to help my transition from a foreigner into an American, I owe to her …
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