item: #1 of 8 id: 12106 author: Lorimer, George Horace title: Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son date: None words: 49502 flesch: 76 summary: They always think that this shows that they are sound, conservative business men, but, as a matter of fact, it simply stamps them as mighty mean little cusses. A lot of young men start off in business with an idea that they must arm themselves with the same sort of weapons that their competitors carry. keywords: boss; boy; business; chicago; course; day; doc; dollars; end; father; fellow; good; graham; head; home; house; job; john; lard; life; lot; man; men; money; new; office; people; pierrepont; right; son; sort; stock; tell; thing; thorn; time; way; wife; work; world; yards cache: 12106.txt plain text: 12106.txt item: #2 of 8 id: 1296 author: Galt, John title: The Provost date: None words: 55931 flesch: 44 summary: But in doing this, the text has been retained inviolate, in so much that while we congratulate the world on the addition we are thus enabled to make to the stock of public knowledge, we cannot but felicitate ourselves on the complete and consistent form into which we have so successfully reduced our precious materials; the separation of which, from the dross of personal and private anecdote, was a task of no small difficulty; such, indeed, as the editors only of the autographic memoirs of other great men can duly appreciate. Considering the veneration in which Mr Pawkie had been through life regarded by his helpmate, we must confess that her eulogium on the merits of his work did not impress us with the most profound persuasion that it was really deserving of much attention. keywords: bailie; body; business; chapter; council; country; course; day; end; good; government; great; hand; having; head; home; house; king; like; lord; m'lucre; magistrates; man; manner; matter; men; mrs; nature; night; officers; order; pawkie; people; place; poor; power; provost; public; round; set; sort; spirit; thing; thought; time; town; way; world; year cache: 1296.txt plain text: 1296.txt item: #3 of 8 id: 21959 author: Lorimer, George Horace title: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." date: None words: 52374 flesch: 81 summary: Of course, you're going to meet fellows right along who pass as good men for a while, because they say they're good men; just as a lot of fives are in circulation which are accepted at their face value until they work up to the receiving teller. Mr. Pierrepont has | | just been settled by his | | mother as a member, in | | good and regular standing, | | of the Freshman class. keywords: bill; boy; boys; business; chicago; course; day; deal; dollars; end; father; fellow; girl; good; graham; half; home; house; jack; jim; job; john; john graham; man; men; money; new; office; place; pretty; right; saw; son; sort; stock; thing; thought; till; time; way; work; yards; | +; | =; | mr; | pierrepont; | union; | | cache: 21959.txt plain text: 21959.txt item: #4 of 8 id: 26695 author: Optic, Oliver title: Make or Break; or, The Rich Man's Daughter date: None words: 58055 flesch: 84 summary: Mr. Wittleworth was very decided in his private opinion; but at last he so far yielded to the entreaties of his mother as to consent to return to the office, and if Mr. Checkynshaw wasn't savage, he would apologize. Mr. Checkynshaw sat in his private office, adjoining the banking-house, when Mr. Wittleworth presented himself. keywords: andré; asked; banker; barber; boy; business; checkynshaw; child; choate; day; dollars; father; fitz; good; house; leo; maggie; man; marguerite; mother; mrs; office; papers; room; sir; time; want; wittleworth; young cache: 26695.txt plain text: 26695.txt item: #5 of 8 id: 42522 author: Lawrence, Amos title: Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life date: None words: 102095 flesch: 67 summary: It has been thought by many that the record of such a life as is here portrayed would be useful to other readers, and especially to young men,--a class in whom Mr. Lawrence was deeply interested, and with whom circumstances in his own life had given him a peculiar bond of sympathy. The present volume is submitted with a few unimportant omissions, and with the addition of some materials, received after the issue of the first edition, which will throw light upon the character and principles of Mr. Lawrence during his early business career. keywords: account; amos; book; boston; brother; business; chapter; character; children; christian; cloth; college; country; day; days; dear; death; dollars; england; family; father; feelings; following; friend; god; good; hand; health; heart; home; hope; house; interest; lawrence; letter; life; man; means; men; mind; morning; mrs; new; note; objects; people; period; place; present; president; rev; right; school; sir; son; state; things; thought; time; use; visit; way; work; world; years; young cache: 42522.txt plain text: 42522.txt item: #6 of 8 id: 43701 author: Forwood, William Bower, Sir title: Recollections of a Busy Life: Being the Reminiscences of a Liverpool Merchant 1840-1910 date: None words: 65172 flesch: 65 summary: The University has been nobly and generously supported by Liverpool men; indeed a reference to the calendar fills me with surprise that so much could have been accomplished within such a brief period. It was a celebrated school; many Liverpool boys were there with me, the Muspratts, Hornbys, Langtons, etc., and though we worked hard we had plenty of relaxation in the workshop and the playing fields, besides long walks in the lovely parks that surround Worksop, and which are known as the Dukeries. keywords: american; bishop; board; business; canal; chairman; chapter; church; city; commerce; committee; company; cotton; council; country; day; days; derby; dock; end; father; george; gladstone; good; hall; home; house; india; interest; john; king; lancashire; library; life; line; liverpool; london; long; lord; making; mayor; member; men; new; office; party; people; place; position; power; present; president; prince; public; railway; room; royal; school; sea; service; ship; sir; steamers; street; success; thought; time; town; trade; war; water; william; work; world; years; york cache: 43701.txt plain text: 43701.txt item: #7 of 8 id: 53684 author: Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows) title: In the Desert of Waiting: The Legend of Camel-back Mountain date: None words: 2921 flesch: 82 summary: Shapur worked diligently at this new task, until there came a day when Omar said to him, Well done, Shapur! And this, O Son of Shapur, is the secret of Omar's alchemy: To gather something from every one thou passest on the highway, and from every experience fate sends thee, as Omar gathered from the heart of every rose, and out of the wide knowledge thus gained of human weaknesses and human needs, to distil in thine own heart the precious oil of Sympathy. keywords: camel; desert; omar; shapur; thou cache: 53684.txt plain text: 53684.txt item: #8 of 8 id: 54815 author: Lewis, Henry Harrison title: Yankee Boys in Japan; Or, The Young Merchants of Yokohama date: None words: 57295 flesch: 84 summary: Around the arena they marched until at last Nattie struggled free by main force. A hasty search was made of the different apartments; the remains of the roof were examined; the outer walls inspected, but at last Nattie and his companions were compelled to acknowledge themselves baffled. keywords: black; boys; brother; business; chapter; day; door; end; english; face; father; feet; fellow; firm; good; grant; hand; head; house; japanese; lad; lame; leave; left; man; manning; merchant; moment; money; mori; native; nattie; new; night; office; patrick; place; ralph; room; round; son; street; sumo; tea; time; way; willis; work; yokohama; young; youth cache: 54815.txt plain text: 54815.txt