The chapters comprising The Power of Purpose are selected from the author's larger work The Crown of individuality I. Power of Individual Purpose II. The Inspiration of Possibilities III. Facing the Mistakes of Life IV. When We Forget the Equity V. The Crown of Individuality VI. Optimism that Really Counts VII. The Dark Valley of Prosperity
...Purpose makes man his own second creator and by it he can make himself largely what he will. He can choose his own realm: he can live contentedly in the mud of low desires like a lizard or sweep boldly high in the pure, inspiring, bracing air of noble ideals like an eagle rightfully claiming the mountain tops as its own.....