3. THE COURAGE OF INDUSTRY 78 I. BEGINNING 79 II. PURPOSE FORMING 82 III. USING TIME WISELY 89 IV. WORKING HARDER 94 V. ABUSING THE WILL TO WORK 99 4. THE COURAGE OF FACING CONSEQUENCES 104 I. VENTURING 105 II. FORMING CHARACTER 107 III. TRUTH TELLING 111 IV. DUTY DOING 117 V. FINDING HIS LIFE 119 5. COURAGE FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS 122 I. IMPARTING COURAGE 123 II. CONQUERING HAPPINESS 126 III. MAKING LITTLE THINGS COUNT 129 IV. DID HE GO TOO FAR? 132 6. GOLDEN RULE COURAGE 138 I. LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS 140 II. SUCCEEDING BY COURAGEOUS SERVICE 143 III. SERVICE BY SYMPATHY 146 IV. DOING BUSINESS FOR OTHERS 150 V. PRAYING AND HELPING 152 VI. GIVING THAT COUNTS 155 VII. EXPENSIVE ECONOMY 157 7. COURAGE THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP 161 I. COMPANIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS 162 II. SUCCESSFUL COMRADES 165 III. COMPANIONSHIP WITH THE PAST 171 IV. COMPANIONSHIP WITH NATURE 176 V. COMPANIONSHIP WITH GOD 183 VI. A CHAPTER OF--ACCIDENTS? 190 8. GOD THE SOURCE OF COURAGE 196 I. THAT'S FOR ME! 197 II. BANING ON GOD'S PROMISES 201 III. PRACTICAL PRECEPTS FROM PROVERBS 205 IV. GETTING CLOSE TO THE BIBLE 210 V. THE BIBLE AND ONE MAN 213 VI. OUT OF THE DEPTHS 218 THE BOOK OF COURAGE CHAPTER ONE _THE COURAGE OF SELF-CONQUEST_ THE highest courage is impossible without self-conquest. And self-conquest is never easy. A man may be a marvel of physical courage, and be a coward in matters of self-government. Failure here threatens dire disaster to his entire career. Alexander the Great conquered most of the world he knew, but he permitted his lower nature to conquer his better self, and he died a disappointed, defeated man.