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... America . At the death of her husband , who had just made an assignment , she bravely took his place , and lifted a debt of $ 300,000 , and has made a fortune besides . Her only inheritance was a tremendous debt and an opportunity ...
... America . At the death of her husband , who had just made an assignment , she bravely took his place , and lifted a debt of $ 300,000 , and has made a fortune besides . Her only inheritance was a tremendous debt and an opportunity ...
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... America , yet out of this vast number the experts who com- piled that extensive and most valuable " Encyclopedia of American Biography " could find , after a most careful and ex- haustive research , but fifteen thousand one hundred and ...
... America , yet out of this vast number the experts who com- piled that extensive and most valuable " Encyclopedia of American Biography " could find , after a most careful and ex- haustive research , but fifteen thousand one hundred and ...
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... American citizen , in one of his public addresses , said of himself and of his early trials , " I was born in poverty ; want sat by my cradle . I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give . 60 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
... American citizen , in one of his public addresses , said of himself and of his early trials , " I was born in poverty ; want sat by my cradle . I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give . 60 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
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... American and English literature that he could borrow ; works of history , philosophy , biography , and general literature . He sold his six sheep and yoke of oxen for eighty - six dollars cash , and that seemed a fortune to him , who up ...
... American and English literature that he could borrow ; works of history , philosophy , biography , and general literature . He sold his six sheep and yoke of oxen for eighty - six dollars cash , and that seemed a fortune to him , who up ...
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... American people . It is time to call a halt , and to remember that there are other and nobler things to seek for than money . I would not have you despise money . It is a most useful gift of God to men . Yet who was ever satisfied with ...
... American people . It is time to call a halt , and to remember that there are other and nobler things to seek for than money . I would not have you despise money . It is a most useful gift of God to men . Yet who was ever satisfied with ...
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