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(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! 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
 square away, at house No. 1240?” “Oh yes, I have met him. He deals here at the corner store.” “Where did he come from?” “I don’t know.” “How many does he have in his family?” “I don’t know.” “What ticket does 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.” O YOU KNOW NEIGHBOR A WHO LIVES ONE SQUARE AWAY AT HOUSE NUMBER TWELVE FORTY OH YES I HAVE MET HIM HE DEALS HERE AT THE CORNER STORE WHERE DID HE COME FROM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DOES HE HAVE IN HIS FAMILY 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
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