Worth and Wealth: A Collection of Maxims, Morals and Miscellanies for Merchants and Men of Business |
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... fortune . SAUL ALLEY was bound , when a small boy , apprentice to a coachmaker . During his apprenticeship his father died , and left him totally dependant on his own exertions . The very clothes he wore he was obliged to earn by ...
... fortune . SAUL ALLEY was bound , when a small boy , apprentice to a coachmaker . During his apprenticeship his father died , and left him totally dependant on his own exertions . The very clothes he wore he was obliged to earn by ...
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... fortunes . They have forgotten that misdirected labor is but a waste of activity . The person who would succeed in life , is like a marksman firing at a target ; if his shots miss the mark , they are a waste of powder ; to be of any ...
... fortunes . They have forgotten that misdirected labor is but a waste of activity . The person who would succeed in life , is like a marksman firing at a target ; if his shots miss the mark , they are a waste of powder ; to be of any ...
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... fortune with a quick , lithe , and easy step , and he who is always attempting to climb and never gets beyond the first round or two of the ascent . And how many of this latter class do we see the men of business who are always standing ...
... fortune with a quick , lithe , and easy step , and he who is always attempting to climb and never gets beyond the first round or two of the ascent . And how many of this latter class do we see the men of business who are always standing ...
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... fortune smiled upon his undertakings . But William Gray was , emphatically , an honest man . Not a dollar of his immense wealth was acquired by violating , directly or indirectly , the laws of any country . Having , on a number of ...
... fortune smiled upon his undertakings . But William Gray was , emphatically , an honest man . Not a dollar of his immense wealth was acquired by violating , directly or indirectly , the laws of any country . Having , on a number of ...
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... the day . " Though exact in the management of his property and in all business relations which grew out of it , ( and without this , large fortunes can neither be accumulated nor kept , ) he 50 MAXIMS , MORALS AND MISCELLANIES.
... the day . " Though exact in the management of his property and in all business relations which grew out of it , ( and without this , large fortunes can neither be accumulated nor kept , ) he 50 MAXIMS , MORALS AND MISCELLANIES.
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Agnes Sorel amount bank become better bill Boston Bullion called capital cent character clerk commerce creditors customers debts duty EDWARD COLSTON energy engaged England enterprise evil favor feel firm fortune gain gentleman give Grigg habits hand heart honest honor human hundred dollars imaginary color industry insolvency integrity interest ITHIEL TOWN Jacques Coeur jobber John Grigg keep labor liberal live look man's matter means ment mercantile Mercantile Library merchant mind Mohrfeld moral ness never obliged obtained paid painted fish perseverance persons poor possess pounds principles profits prosperity punctual purchase pursuit received replied respect rich Riga ruin saved shillings ship society Spanish senator spirit success temptation thalers things thought thousand dollars tion trade true truth usury virtue wealth worth young ZADOCK PRATT
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Capitalism, Social Privilege, and Managerial Ideologies Ernesto R. Gantman No preview available - 2005 |