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If you have not capital, young man, I am glad of it. What you need is common sense, not copper cents. The best thing I can do is to illustrate by actual facts well known to you all. A. T. Stewart, a poor boy in New York, had $1.50 to begin life on. IF YOU HAVE NOT CAPITAL YOUNG MAN I AM GLAD OF IT WHAT YOU NEED IS COMMON SENSE NOT COPPER SENSE THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS TO ILLUSTRATE BY ACTUAL FACTS WELL KNOWN TO ALL OF YOU A T STUART A POOR BOY IN NEW YORK HAD ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS TO BEGIN LIFE ON
at he could not sit down in--dressed like a grasshopper. This human cricket came up to the clerk’s desk just as I entered, adjusted his unseeing eye-glass, and spake in this wise to the clerk. You see, he thought it was “Hinglish, you know,” to lisp. “Thir, will you have the kindness to supply me with thome papah and enwelophs!” The hotel clerk measured that man quick, and he pulled the envelopes and paper out of a drawer, threw them across the counter toward the young man, and then turned away to his books. You should have seen that young man when those envelopes came across that counter. He swelled up like a gobbler turkey, adjusted his unseeing eye-glass, and yelled: “Come right back here. Now thir, will you order a thervant to take that papah and enwelophs to yondah dethk.” Oh, the poor, miserable, contemptible American monkey! He could not carry paper and envelopes twenty feet. I suppose he could not get his arms down to do it. I have no pity for such travesties upon human nature. ENT LEATHER BOOTS THAT HE COULD NOT WALK IN AND PANT THAT HE COULD NOT SIT DOWN IN DRESSED LIKE A GRASSHOPPER THIS HUMAN CRICKET CAME UP TO THE CLERK'S DESK JUST AS I ENTERED ADJUST HIS UNSEEING EYEGLASS AND SPAKE IN THIS WISE TO THE CLERK YOU SEE HE THOUGHT IT WAS HINGLISH YOU KNOW TO LISP THERE WILL I HAVE YOUR KINDNESS TO SUPPLY ME THUMB PAPER AND THUMB ENVELOPE THE CLERK MEASURED THAT MAN QUICK AND PULLED OUT THE ENVELOPES AND PAPER OUT OF A DRAWER THREW THEM ACROSS THE COUNTER TOWARD THE YOUNG MAN AND THEN TURNED AWAY TO HIS BOOK YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT YOUNG MAN WHEN THOSE ENVELOPES CAME ACROSS THE COUNTER HE SWELLED LIKE A GOBBLER TURKEY ADJUSTED HIS UNSEEING EYEGLASS AND YELLED COME RIGHT BACK HERE NOW THERE WILL YOU ORDER A SERVANT TO TAKE THAT PAPER AND ENVELOPES TO YOUR DESK OH THE POOR MISERABLE CONTEMPTIBLE AMERICAN MONKEY HE COULD NOT CARRY PAPER AND ENVELOPES TWENTY FEET I SUPPOSE HE COULD NOT GET HIS ARMS DOWN TO IT I HAVE NO PITY FOR SUCH TRAVASTIES UPON HUMAN NATURE
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