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Excerpt from Wall Street and the Wilds
I made lucifer matches before phossy jaw was discovered, but the longest job of the many at which I worked, was making patent clothes pins. Payment was to be by the piece, and I competed earnestly with my nearest friend, whose bench was beside mine. He was the bet ter workman, and though I gave my mind to eliminating every waste motion, I only averted defeat by an hour of secret work each morning before the factory was known to be open. When years later I explained to my friend the method by which I had won out, he told me that I had cleared up the one mystery of his life.
My experience in that shop made a socialist Of me, though I didn''t call it by that name then, for while the product of the shop sold well, my employer kept the cash and I never received a penny of wage. The loss sombered my spirits for a time, but a later philosophy taught me that my boyish romanticism had given me the joy of embarking the lost money in at least fifteen silly schemes.
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I made lucifer matches before phossy jaw was discovered, but the longest job of the many at which I worked, was making patent clothes pins. Payment was to be by the piece, and I competed earnestly with my nearest friend, whose bench was beside mine. He was the bet ter workman, and though I gave my mind to eliminating every waste motion, I only averted defeat by an hour of secret work each morning before the factory was known to be open. When years later I explained to my friend the method by which I had won out, he told me that I had cleared up the one mystery of his life.
My experience in that shop made a socialist Of me, though I didn''t call it by that name then, for while the product of the shop sold well, my employer kept the cash and I never received a penny of wage. The loss sombered my spirits for a time, but a later philosophy taught me that my boyish romanticism had given me the joy of embarking the lost money in at least fifteen silly schemes.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
A. W. Dimock
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780483230699
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 542
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Contributors
Author
A. W. Dimock
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331485216
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 511
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