Horatio Alger (huh-RAY-shee-oh, ho- AL-juhr) adjective Of, or characteristic of the novels of Horatio Alger, Jr. which depicted an impoverished youth who achieved success and great wealth through hard work, honesty, and virtue.
[After Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), author of hundreds of novels and stories for young adults. His books were immensely successful, selling hundreds of millions of copies.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=horatio+alger Read Horatio Alger's novels online: http://gutenberg.org/author/Horatio+Alger "'Clinton reinvented himself as the boy from Hope, a political Horatio Alger,' said Stephen Wayne, the author of the 'The Road to the White House 2004' and a history professor at Georgetown University." John Tierney; Quick. Change the Brand. In Five Weeks; The New York Times; Sep 26, 2004. "Still, Seabiscuit is the Horatio Alger hero of the turf, the horse that came up from nothing on his own courage and will to win." Seabiscuit: Horatio Alger Hero of the Turf; Saturday Evening Post (Indianapolis, Indiana); Nov-Dec 2003. This week's theme: eponyms. Sponsored by: Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 Namix, providing smart naming solutions for products, services, and businesses: http://namix.com ............................................................................ The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. -John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826) Sign off the list: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Update your address: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/address-change.html Send a gift subscription: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Subscribe yourself: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/horatio_alger.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/horatio_alger.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/horatio_alger.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
