=Mother:= Early teaching, _Platt_, 227 Home manager, _Stephens_, 324 Influence of, _Herreshoff_, 534 Influence of mother, _Markham_, 267 Interest and care of, _Field_, 82 Memory of home, _Johnson_, 234 Select a good mother, _Herreshoff_, 533 Should study each child, _Herreshoff_, 538 Strict, but very tender, _Platt_, 226 Tribute to, _Herreshoff_, 539 “Mr. Dinkelspiel,” _see Achievements_. Musicians, biographies of, _see Careers_. Nature, love of, _Burroughs_, 410 Nature study, _Burroughs_, 409 New England stock, _see Heredity_. Newsboy, _see Start in life_. New York, alone in, _see Start in life_. New York University, _Gould_, 419 New York University, _Conwell_, 431 Night study, _see Reading_. Novelists, biographies of, _see Careers_. Observation, _see Success Qualities_. =Obstacles:= Blindness, _Herreshoff_, 539 Cost of distinction, _Nordica_, 557 Crippled, _Wilder_, 373 Deaf, dumb and blind, _Keller_, 396 Delicate health, _Roosevelt_, 181 Disappointment, _Davenport_, 336 Fire of 1871, _Field_, 86 Glorious to be barred, _Riley_, 259 Misfortune, advantage of, _Conwell_, 426 Telegraph was new, _Clowry_, 147 Ohio, iron bridge across, _see Achievements_. Ohio Wesleyan Seminary, _Gunsaulus_, 434 Operas and marches, _see Achievements_. =Opportunity:= A chance for all, _Carnegie_, 58 American new possessions, _Depew_, 216 Ample, _Jones_, 509 Better, larger, _Armour_, 512 Better than ever, _Herreshoff_, 537 Chances of rising, _Herreshoff_, 537 Come to all, _Choate_, 200 Come to every one, _Strauss_, 423 Commercial better than ever, _Clowry_, 151 Commercial life heavily handicapped, _Jones_, 508 Conditions more favorable, _Wanamaker_, 105 Could start anew and win, _Lipton_, 111 Countless things to do, _Lipton_, 115 East and West, _Sage_, 128 Everyone has good chance, _Sage_, 127 Everything open to youth, _Howells_, 283 For art study in America, _Gibson_, 351, 352 For young preacher, _Gunsaulus_, 439 For country boys, _Sage_, 129 For great American women singers, _Nordica_, 556 For young men, _Dolliver_, 222 Great Britain _vs._ America, _Lipton_, 114 Greater than ever before, _Armour_, 527 Improved by education, _Roosevelt_, 177 In Canada, _Borden_, 448 In Canada, _Loudon_, 482 In Canada, _Smith_, 456 In Canadian Northwest, _Blair_, 474 In Canada for young men, _Blair_, 473 In Cuba, _Van Horne_, 496 Increased a thousandfold, _Mills_, 120, 121 In realm of electricity, _Edison_, 30 In towns and cities, _Roosevelt_, 175 In Quebec, _Parent_, 466 In Quebec, Ontario, and Northwest, _Van Horne_, 492 Less than formerly, _Pingree_, 76 Make opportunity, _Herreshoff_, 536 Merit quickly rewarded, _Clowry_, 148 More than in past, _Depew_, 207 More things to do, _Depew_, 208