The American literary reciter; readings, delcamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature (1902) (14778908424)

Identifier: americanliterary00lint (find matches)
Title: The American literary reciter; readings, delcamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Linthicum, Richard. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill., American literary and musical association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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you may find men going on withsteady nerve, attracting the attention oftheir fellow-citizens, and carving out forthemselves names and fortunes from smalland humble beginnings and in the face offormidable obstacles. Let not poverty stand as an obstacle inyour way. Poverty is uncomfortable, as Ican testify; but nine times out of ten thebest thing that can happen to a young manis to be tossed overboard, and compelled tosink or swim for himself. In all my ac-quaintance, I have never known one to bedrowned who was worth the saving. Thiswould not be wholly true in any country butone of political equality like ours. The reason is this: In the aristocracies ofthe Old World, wealth and society are builtup like the strata of rock which composethe crust of the earth. If a boy be born inthe lowest stratum of life, it is almost im-possible for him to rise through this hardcrust into the higher ranks; but in this coun-try it is not so. The strata of our societyresemble rather the ocean, where every
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