I know a
carpenter in a northern county who resorted to this method and was
so well advertised that, when the national representative for that
district died, B---- was nominated for Congress and elected by a big
majority.
"There is a saying that 'some men are born great; some achieve
greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.' I don't know who
made this statement, or why it was made, but it's dollars to doughnuts
that the fellow who did was saved from an untimely grave by the
curative powers of Bunker Hill Stomach Bitters and rose from obscurity
to high position as a result."
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[Illustration: "They usually read * * * Dante's Inferno and think how
sweet it is to suffer."]
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AMBITIONS AND THINGS.
"Ambition is a good thing," said the Observer, deftly flicking the ash
from his cigar. "It provides one with a certain amount of incentive
which may prove useful in developing latent resources, but it ought to
be carried about in a glass case and labeled, 'Handle with care.
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