The Hand Made Gentleman a Tale of the Battles of Peace
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" "I don't see how, " was my answer. "You've helped me to live, " he said, with a sober look. "As soon as you get back you and McCarthy will go down and see Vanderbilt. I've got it all arranged. The medals helped me. It's the only time I ever used 'em. They landed me in the Commodore's office, and I had a talk with him straight from the shoulder. Told him if he went into the transatlantic ferry 203 The Hand-Made Gentleman business he'd lose every dollar he had, as Collins had done. He wanted to... know what made me think so, an' I told him that he couldn't com pete with the English, who had been doing that job for centuries with cheaper labor than we could hire. I explained to him that the business was a growth and not a product ; that one might as well try to compete with the forest by plant ing trees. He agreed with me. " At Heartsdale I found my sister in love with her work, and had a talk with the superintendent in Montreal, who promised to retain her. That evening, as we sat by the fire at home, I got a view of myself that was quite new to me.
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