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The article focuses on the life of General Grant citing how his parents and people surrounding him misunderstood him throughout childhood to adulthood. He did strange things while growing up including how he would haul logs with a pair of horses, how he bought a horse and made a good bargain and how he drove a pair of horses to Cincinnati. When he was appointed brigadier-general, people would claim that he better be contented with his position and that he would probably fail as major-general.

The article describes how U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant acquires knowledge and success in education through observation. This man developed his inquisitiveness from his boyhood with the support of his parents. The method that has worked for Grant is the cultivation of the observing faculties, that the leading educators on the country claimed to be the philosophic method of instruction. Grant's sharp observation made him a learner everywhere.

The article describes the characteristics of General and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant as a boy and as a man. Grant's tact, observation, circumspection, industry, application, courage, honesty and fidelity were elements of his success from earliest boyhood. His boy-life was conceived to have much man-life in it. The attribute of his common sense pervaded his great soul.

The article presents the poem "Clever," by William M. Thayer. First Line: Aim high! The mark of honor hit; Last Line: Below will please the clever.

The article reports on the two types of discontent that a man posses. There is the discontent that comes from morbid temperament that leads a person to abandon his ambition, enterprise and indomitable purpose and the discontent that arises from a desire to use higher knowledge, manhood and influence that makes a man uncontented with present acquisitions and aspires for something nobler, higher and better things in life.

The article provides some insights into failure and how people may avoid it. It is claimed that more men triumph and succeed through failure than otherwise. Wise men learn from their mistakes and unfortunate ventures. Experts even say that many have failed because they cut across lots towards expected success.

The article presents the author's logical view on the true meaning of success in the life of every person. The author stresses that success is of different degrees and people could be successful in their own ways eventhough he may not become wealthy, learned, and known. He cites notable people who have differing illustrations of success like David Porter of Yorkshire, England, Francis Homer of Edinburgh, Scotland, and George Briggs of Massachusetts.

The author reflects on the need for students to have the idea that it is easy to acquire education with a clear goal and hard work. He contends that it is in the nature of students to dislike study and work, and that they only do it because it is necessary. He argues that the students must be inspired to think that study is just play and that thinking like this will make overcoming difficulties and hardships easy and success can be achieved.