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A man has no right to keep a store in Philadelphia twenty years and not make at least five hundred thousand dollars even though it be a corner grocery up town." You say, "You cannot make five thousand dollars in a store now." A MAN HAS NO RIGHT TO KEEP A STORE IN PHILADELPHIA TWENTY YEARS AND NOT MAKE AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EVEN THOUGH IT BE A CORNER GROCERY UP TOWN YOU SAY YOU CANNOT MAKE FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A STORE NOW
on of nearly all of you who are asking, “Is there opportunity to get rich in Philadelphia?” Well, now, how simple a thing it is to see where it is, and the instant you see where it is it is yours. Some old gentleman gets up back there and says, “Mr. Conwell, have you lived in Philadelphia for thirty-one years and don’t know that the time has gone by when you can make anything in this city?” “No, I don’t think it is.” “Yes, it is; I have tried it.” “What business are you in?” “I kept a store here for twenty years, and never made over a thousand dollars in the whole twenty years.” “Well, then, you can measure the good you have been to this city by what this city has paid you, because a man can judge very well what he is worth by what he receives; that is, in what he is to the world at this time. If you have not made over a thousand dollars in twenty years in Philadelphia, it would have been better for Philadelphia if they had kicked you out of the city nineteen years and nine months ago. BEHIND NOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTION OF NEARLY ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ASKING IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET RICH IN PHILADELPHIA WELL NOW HOW SIMPLE A THING IT IS TO SEE WHERE IT IS THE INSTANT YOU SEE WHERE IT IS IT IS YOURS SOME OLD GENTLEMAN GETS UP THERE IN BACK AND SAYS MISTER CONWELL HAVE YOU LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA FOR FORTY ONE YEARS AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE TIME HAS GONE WHEN YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING IN THIS CITY NO I DON'T THINK IT IS YES IT IS I HAVE TRIED IT WHAT BUSINESS ARE YOU IN I KEPT A STORE HERE FOR TWENTY YEARS AND NEVER MADE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE WHOLE TWENTY YEARS WELL THEN YOU CAN MEASURE THE GOOD YOU HAVE BEEN TO THIS CITY BY WHAT THE CITY HAS PAID YOU BECAUSE A MAN CAN JUDGE YOU VERY WELL WITH WHAT HE IS WORTH BY WHAT HE RECEIVES THAT IS IN WHAT HE IS TO THE WORLD AT THIS TIME IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TWENTY YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR PHILADELPHIA IF THEY KICKED YOU OUT OF THE CITY NINETEEN YEARS AND NINE MONTHS AGO
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