Captains of Industry ...: a book for Young Americans
Captains of Industry ...: a book for Young Americans
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The boy served his baker more than a year, and sold so many pies and cakes for him as to save him from impending bankruptcy. In the winter time he sold almanacs with such success that the other dealers threatened to do him bodily mischief.
But this kind of business would not do to de- pend on for a lifetime, and therefore he was bound apprentice to a shoemaker at the age of fourteen years, during which a desire for more knowledge arose within him. He leai*ned to read and write, but was still so... ashamed of his ignorance that he did not dare to go into a bookstore because he did not know the name of a single book to ask for.
One of his friends bought for him a little volume containing a translation from the Greek philoso- pher Epictetus, a work full of wise maxims about life and duty. Then he bought other ancient au- thors, Plato, Plutarch, Epicurus, and others. He became a sort of Methodist philosopher^ for he Digitized byGoogk 260 CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.
heard the Methodist preachers diligently on Snn^ days, and read his Oreek philosophy in the even- ings.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The boy served his baker more than a year, and sold so many pies and cakes for him as to save him from impending bankruptcy. In the winter time he sold almanacs with such success that the other dealers threatened to do him bodily mischief.
But this kind of business would not do to de- pend on for a lifetime, and therefore he was bound apprentice to a shoemaker at the age of fourteen years, during which a desire for more knowledge arose within him. He leai*ned to read and write, but was still so... ashamed of his ignorance that he did not dare to go into a bookstore because he did not know the name of a single book to ask for.
One of his friends bought for him a little volume containing a translation from the Greek philoso- pher Epictetus, a work full of wise maxims about life and duty. Then he bought other ancient au- thors, Plato, Plutarch, Epicurus, and others. He became a sort of Methodist philosopher^ for he Digitized byGoogk 260 CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.
heard the Methodist preachers diligently on Snn^ days, and read his Oreek philosophy in the even- ings.
What to read after Captains of Industry ...: a book for Young Americans?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Parton James to read onlineMoreLess
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