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... idea . A contract was made with Mr. Woodruff to put two trial cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad . Before leaving Al- toona Mr. Woodruff came and offered me an interest in the venture which I promptly accepted . But how I was to make my ...
... idea . A contract was made with Mr. Woodruff to put two trial cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad . Before leaving Al- toona Mr. Woodruff came and offered me an interest in the venture which I promptly accepted . But how I was to make my ...
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... his own , he cannot manage it as he pleases . I always liked the idea of being my own master , of manufacturing something and giving employment to many men . There is only one thing to think of How I Served My Apprenticeship 11.
... his own , he cannot manage it as he pleases . I always liked the idea of being my own master , of manufacturing something and giving employment to many men . There is only one thing to think of How I Served My Apprenticeship 11.
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... should keep to legitimate occupations . There is no thrift in chance ; its central idea is order , a series of causes and effects along the line of which forethought - can look and make its calculations . Speculation makes the 28 Business.
... should keep to legitimate occupations . There is no thrift in chance ; its central idea is order , a series of causes and effects along the line of which forethought - can look and make its calculations . Speculation makes the 28 Business.
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... idea - certainly , a distinct idea . Men had been trading in every way from time immemorial ; men had been employed in transferring property and persons , beyond any account we have ; men had been dealing in dry - goods ; but each of ...
... idea - certainly , a distinct idea . Men had been trading in every way from time immemorial ; men had been employed in transferring property and persons , beyond any account we have ; men had been dealing in dry - goods ; but each of ...
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... ideas to operate upon a large scale , and thus to produce great wealth to the inventor , discoverer , originator , or executive . New inventions gave this opportunity , and many large fortunes were made by individuals . But in our day ...
... ideas to operate upon a large scale , and thus to produce great wealth to the inventor , discoverer , originator , or executive . New inventions gave this opportunity , and many large fortunes were made by individuals . But in our day ...
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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.