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When you go out, take my limousine, and it will take you up to your house on Broad Street." I thanked him very much, and perhaps I ought not to mention the incident in this way, but I follow the facts. WHEN YOU GO OUT TAKE MY LIMOUSINE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU UP TO YOUR HOUSE ON BROAD STREET I THANKED HIM VERY MUCH AND PERHAPS I OUGHT NOT MENTION THE INCIDENT IN THIS WAY BUT I FOLLOW THE FACTS
n a ferry-boat that Saturday night. He could not get one there, but he did get a place for three dollars a week. Of course, if a rich man’s son will do that, he will get the discipline of a poor boy that is worth more than a university education to any man. He would then be able to take care of the millions of his father. But as a rule the rich men will not let their sons do the very thing that made them great. As a rule, the rich man will not allow his son to work--and his mother! Why, she would think it was a social disgrace if her poor, weak, little lily-fingered, sissy sort of a boy had to earn his living with honest toil. I have no pity for such rich men’s sons. I remember one at Niagara Falls. I think I remember one a great deal nearer. I think there are gentlemen present who were at a great banquet, and I beg pardon of his friends. At a banquet here in Philadelphia there sat beside me a kind-hearted young man, and he said, “Mr. Conwell, you have been sick for two or three years. D TO GET EMPLOYMENT ON A FERRY BOAT THAT SATURDAY NIGHT HE COULD NOT GET ONE THERE BUT HE DID GET A PLACE FOR THREE DOLLARS A WEEK OF COURSE IF A RICH MAN'S SON WILL DO THAT HE WILL GET THE DISCIPLINE OF A POOR BOY THAT IS WORTH MORE THAN THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION OF ANY MAN HE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE MILLIONS OF HIS FATHER BUT AS A RULE THE RICH MEN WILL NOT LET THEIR SONS DO THE VERY THING THAT MADE THEM GREAT AS A RULE THE RICH MAN WILL NOT ALLOW HIS SON TO WORK AND HIS MOTHER WHY SHE WOULD THINK IT WAS A SOCIAL DISGRACE IF HER POOR WEAK LITTLE LILY FINGERED SISSY SORT OF A BOY HAD TO EARN HIS LIVING WITH HONEST TOIL I HAVE NO PITY FOR SUCH RICH MEN'S SONS I REMEMBER ONE AT NIAGARA FALLS I THINK I REMEMBER ONE A GREAT DEAL NEARER I THINK THERE ARE GENTLEMEN PRESENT WHO WERE AT A GREAT BANQUET AND I BEG PARDON OF HIS FRIENDS AT A BANQUET HERE IN PHILADELPHIA THERE SAT BESIDE ME A KIND HEARTED YOUNG MAN AND HE SAID MISTER CONWELL YOU HAVE BEEN SICK FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS
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