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THE FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE 355 BY FRANKLIN A. STOTE. THE
DEPARTMENT STORE 367 BY HARTLEY DAVIS. CONQUEROR OF THE
ROCKIES 377 BY CHALMERS LOWELL PANCOAST. BANKING 386 BY
BRADFORD RHODES.
THE FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE 355 BY FRANKLIN A. STOTE. THE
DEPARTMENT STORE 367 BY HARTLEY DAVIS. CONQUEROR OF THE
ROCKIES 377 BY CHALMERS LOWELL PANCOAST. BANKING 386 BY
BRADFORD RHODES.
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Here again I had recourse to the bank, because my share of the capital was
twelve hundred and fifty dollars, and I had not the money; but the bank lent it to
me, and we began the Keystone Bridge Works, which proved a great success.
Here again I had recourse to the bank, because my share of the capital was
twelve hundred and fifty dollars, and I had not the money; but the bank lent it to
me, and we began the Keystone Bridge Works, which proved a great success.
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Smith began a bank account; Brown went to dances as often as he could afford
the money. He soon found other pastimes, of evenings, that absorbed all his
money and what he could borrow from his father. Naturally the two boys began to
drift ...
Smith began a bank account; Brown went to dances as often as he could afford
the money. He soon found other pastimes, of evenings, that absorbed all his
money and what he could borrow from his father. Naturally the two boys began to
drift ...
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No man is quite respectable in this nineteenth century who has not a bank
account. True or false, high or low, this is the solid fact, and, for one, I do not
quarrel with it. As most of us are situated in this world, we must win this place and
pay its ...
No man is quite respectable in this nineteenth century who has not a bank
account. True or false, high or low, this is the solid fact, and, for one, I do not
quarrel with it. As most of us are situated in this world, we must win this place and
pay its ...
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... his family; at all events, not taking any active part in his social surroundings; but
in his stern, rather reticent way, working out his own problem in due time. He was
a banker, — his, the Bank of Stephen Girard; and the Success in Business 33.
... his family; at all events, not taking any active part in his social surroundings; but
in his stern, rather reticent way, working out his own problem in due time. He was
a banker, — his, the Bank of Stephen Girard; and the Success in Business 33.
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Page 376 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour.
Page 373 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 376 - Richard likewise observes, he that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious we shall never starve; for as Poor Richard says, at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 377 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee Workmen is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 375 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 377 - A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 381 - I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it; and, though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
Page 43 - AY me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps...
Page 378 - What is a butterfly? at best he's but a caterpillar drest; the gaudy fop's his picture just," as poor Richard says. But what madness' must it be to run in debt for these superfluities ! We are offered by the terms of this sale six months' credit ; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah! think what you do when you run in debt. You give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time,...
Page 375 - FOLLY; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says in his Almanack of 1733.
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| Title | Business, Volume 4 Business, Andrew Carnegie Young folks library Volume 4 of Young folks library: Vocations |
| Editor | Andrew Carnegie |
| Publisher | Hall and Locke Company, 1911 |
| Length | 401 pages |
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