02189cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000530011324500260016626400510019230000470024333600260029033700260031633800360034250000310037850801370040952011900054653400450173665300200178165300140180185600430181599900170185823860UtSlPG20260610133540.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBJ1 aAlcott, William A.q(William Andrus),d1798-185914aThe Young Man's Guide 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-12-14  aE-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)  a"The Young Man's Guide" by William A. Alcott is a personal development guide written in the early 19th century. The book aims to provide young men with principles for character formation, emphasizing the importance of high ideals, industry, morality, and personal responsibility to become virtuous and contributing members of society. It serves as a manual that combines practical advice about managing life choices, work ethics, and personal habits.  The opening of the work introduces the author's intentions and the book's purpose, revealing that Alcott initially aimed to compile existing literature on youth but found the need to create original content that aligns with his principles. He emphasizes the importance of having high aims in life and the different motives influencing young men, such as personal happiness, familial duty, and societal roles. Alcott begins establishing a framework for character formation, asserting that young men should seek to live lives marked by usefulness and moral integrity, suggesting that striving to excel will ultimately enhance their contributions to the community and the nation as a whole. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aConduct of life  aYoung men40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23860  c64892d64892