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Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

By George Horace Lorimer

2019-01-11 23:09:33

Dear Pierrepont: Your Ma got back safe this morning and she wants me to be sure to tell you not to over-study, and I want to tell you to be sure not to under-study. What we’re really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the education th ... Read more
Dear Pierrepont: Your Ma got back safe this morning and she wants me to be sure to tell you not to over-study, and I want to tell you to be sure not to under-study. What we’re really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the education that’s so good and plenty there. When it’s passed around you don’t want to be bashful, but reach right out and take a big helping every time, for I want you to get your share. You’ll find that education’s about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and that it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away. Everything else is screwed down tight and the screw-driver lost. Less

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File size1650.444 KB
Print pages126
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2019-02-21
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1334423857
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George Horace Lorimer
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Born in Louisville, Kentucky, The United States October 06, 1867 Died: October 20, 1937 George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 – October 22, 1937) was an American journalist and author. He is be...

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