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It makes a person weak to see these little dudes standing around the corners and saying, "Oh, if I had plenty of capital, how rich I would get." "Young man, do you think you are going to get rich on capital?" "Certainly." Well, I say, "Certainly not." IT MAKES A PERSON WEAK TO SEE THOSE LITTLE DUDES STANDING AROUND IN THE CORNERS AND SAYING OH IF I HAD PLENTY OF CAPITAL HOW RICH I WOULD GET YOUNG MAN DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET RICH ON CAPITAL CERTAINLY WELL I SAY CERTAINLY NOT
 he vote?” “I don’t know.” “What church does he go to?” “I don’t know, and don’t care. What are you asking all these questions for?” If you had a store in Philadelphia would you answer me like that? If so, then you are conducting your business just as I carried on my father’s business in Worthington, Massachusetts. You don’t know where your neighbor came from when he moved to Philadelphia, and you don’t care. If you had cared you would be a rich man now. If you had cared enough about him to take an interest in his affairs, to find out what he needed, you would have been rich. But you go through the world saying, “No opportunity to get rich,” and there is the fault right at your own door. But another young man gets up over there and says, “I cannot take up the mercantile business.” (While I am talking of trade it applies to every occupation.) “Why can’t you go into the mercantile business?” “Because I haven’t any capital.” Oh, the weak and dudish creature that can’t see over its collar! AMILY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TICKET DOES HE VOTE I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHURCH DOES HE GO TO I DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T CARE WHY ARE YOU ASKING ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS FOR IF I HAD A STORE IN PHILADELPHIA WOULD YOU ANSWER ME LIKE THAT IF SO THEN YOU ARE CONDUCTING YOUR BUSINESS JUST AS I CARRIED ON MY FATHER'S BUSINESS IN WORTHINGTON MASSACHUSETTS YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEIGHBOUR COME FROM WHEN HE MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA AND YOU DON'T CARE IF YOU HAD CARED YOU WOULD BE A RICH MAN NOW IF YOU HAD CARED ENOUGH ABOUT HIM TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN HIS AFFAIRS TO FIND OUT WHAT HE NEEDED YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN RICH BUT NOW YOU GO THROUGH THE WORLD SAYING NO OPPORTUNITY TO GET RICH AND THERE IS THE FAULT RIGHT AT YOUR OWN DOOR BUT ANOTHER YOUNG MAN GETS UP OVER THERE AND SAYS I CANNOT TAKE UP THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS WHILE I AM TALKING OF TRADE IT APPLIES TO EVERY OCCUPATION WHY CAN'T YOU GO INTO THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T ANY CAPITAL OH THE WEAK AND DUDDISH CREATURE THAT CAN'T SEE OVER ITS COLLAR
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