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How fortunate that young man who loses the first time he gambles. That boy said, "I will never gamble again in business," and he never did. HOW FORTUNATE THAT YOUNG MAN WHO LOSES THE FIRST TIME HE GAMBLES THAT BOY SAID I WILL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN IN BUSINESS AND HE NEVER DID
ome 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. 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. He lost 87 1/2 cents of that on the very first venture.  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 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 HE LOST EIGHTY SEVEN AND A HALF CENTS OF THAT ON HIS VERY FIRST VENTURE
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