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I have come now to the apex of my thought. I have come now to the heart of the whole matter and to the center of my struggle: Why isn't Philadelphia a greater city in its greater wealth? Why does New York excel Philadelphia? People say, "Because of her harbor." Why do many other cities of the United States get ahead of Philadelphia now? There is only one answer, and that is because our own people talk down their own city. I HAVE COME NOW TO THE APEX OF MY THOUGHT I HAVE COME NOW TO THE HEART OF THE WHOLE MATTER AND TO THE CENTER OF MY STRUGGLE WHY ISN'T PHILADELPHIA A GREATER CITY IN ITS GREATER WEALTH WHY DOES NEW YORK EXCEL PHILADELPHIA PEOPLE SAY BECAUSE OF HER HARBOR WHY DO MANY OTHER CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES GET AHEAD OF PHILADELPHIA NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER AND THAT IS BECAUSE OUR OWN PEOPLE TALK DOWN THEIR OWN CITY
 out the marks on the bills made by pencil memorandums, and he used a rubber until his hand grew tired. He then tied a piece of rubber on the end of a stick and worked it like a plane. His little girl came and said, “Why, you have a patent, haven’t you?” The father said afterward, “My daughter told me when I took that stick and put the rubber on the end that there was a patent, and that was the first thought of that.” He went to Boston and applied for his patent, and every one of you that has a rubber-tipped pencil in your pocket is now paying tribute to the millionaire. No capital, not a penny did he invest in it. All was income, all the way up into the millions. But let me hasten to one other greater thought. “Show me the great men and women who live in Philadelphia.” A gentleman over there will get up and say: “We don’t have any great men in Philadelphia. They don’t live here. They live away off in Rome or St. Petersburg or London or Manayunk, or anywhere else but here in our town.” S EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE TO RUB OUT THE MARKS ON THE BILLS MADE BY PENCIL MEMORANDUMS AND USED A RUBBER UNTIL HIS HAND GREW TIRED HE THEN TIRED A PIECE OF RUBBER ON THE END OF A STICK AND WORKED IT LIKE A PLANE HIS LITTLE GIRL CAME AND SAID WHY YOU HAVE A PATENT HAVEN'T YOU THE FATHER SAID AFTERWARD MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME WHEN I TOOK THAT STICK AND PUT THE RUBBER ON THE END THAT THERE WAS A PATENT AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THOUGHT OF THAT HE WENT TO BOSTON AND APPLIED FOR HIS PATENT AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT HAS A RUBBER TIPPED PENCIL IN YOUR POCKET IS NOW PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MILLIONAIRE NO CAPITAL NOT A PENNY DID HE INVEST IN IT ALL WAS INCOME ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE MILLIONS BUT LET ME HASTEN TO ONE OTHER GREATER THOUGHT SHOW ME THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA A GENTLEMAN OVER THERE WILL GET UP AND SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY GREAT MEN IN PHILADELPHIA THEY DON'T LIVE HERE THEY LIVE AWAY OFF IN ROME OR SAINT PETERSBURG OR LONDON OR MANAYUNK OR ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE IN OUR TOWN
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