The Life Story of Orison Swett Marden

Dr. Marden founded a new school of philosophy that is distinctly American. It is a philosophy without any taint of pessimism, a philosophy which, on the contrary, breathes the very spirit of optimism, emphasizes the divinity of man, and asserts his power, under God, to conquer all handicaps, and to overcome all adverse conditions which would bar him from the achievement of his noblest ambition. The material for this brief life story has been gathered from notes for an autobiography which he planned to write, from memories of conversations spread over many years of association in cooperative work with him, and from correspondence with the surviving friends of his youth and early manhood.