Common Sense in Business, Or, Practical Answers to Practical Questions on the True Principles and Laws of Success in Farming, Manufactures, Speculation and Buying and Selling Merchandise: With Some Suggestions on Making Wills and the Causes of Failures in BusinessClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878 - 378 sider |
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... kind of men succeed best in managing great concerns - How to treat foremen and employees - Confidence rarely abused - Brassey's treatment of his subcontractors - The secret of retaining good workmen - A model New England manufactory ...
... kind of men succeed best in managing great concerns - How to treat foremen and employees - Confidence rarely abused - Brassey's treatment of his subcontractors - The secret of retaining good workmen - A model New England manufactory ...
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... kind heart to do , and yet often one of the most important . It is related of the Duke of Marlborough that to be denied a favor by him was more pleasing than to receive one from another man . Politeness also is a foil to the attacks of ...
... kind heart to do , and yet often one of the most important . It is related of the Duke of Marlborough that to be denied a favor by him was more pleasing than to receive one from another man . Politeness also is a foil to the attacks of ...
Side 59
... kind , will be of advantage in forming his manners , and also in forming acquaintance- ships that may be useful to him in after life . A late writer remarks , if you do nothing more than assert your individu- ality — make yourself a ...
... kind , will be of advantage in forming his manners , and also in forming acquaintance- ships that may be useful to him in after life . A late writer remarks , if you do nothing more than assert your individu- ality — make yourself a ...
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... . Though the course of study is now not so comprehensive as it will be when rich men endow the professorships , they impart precisely that kind of information which is needed in practical affairs THE BEST EDUCATION . 63.
... . Though the course of study is now not so comprehensive as it will be when rich men endow the professorships , they impart precisely that kind of information which is needed in practical affairs THE BEST EDUCATION . 63.
Side 64
... kind of information which is needed in practical affairs . While they are especially intended for the in- struction of those who propose to engage in trade and commerce , they are a good school where farmers and mechanics may learn what ...
... kind of information which is needed in practical affairs . While they are especially intended for the in- struction of those who propose to engage in trade and commerce , they are a good school where farmers and mechanics may learn what ...
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Side 205 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Side 69 - I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Side 123 - ... up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour, or to devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier,* to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught...
Side 111 - ... to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might have made, for example, every thing we tasted, bitter; every thing we saw, loathsome; every thing we touched, a sting ; every smell a stench, and every sound a discord.
Side 80 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late, must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night. While Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Side 71 - There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries...
Side 81 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a- creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Side 332 - SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit in being able to hold all arguments than of judgment in discerning what is true, as if it were a praise to know what might be said and not what should be thought.
Side 111 - If he had wished our misery, he might have made sure of his purpose, by forming our senses to be so many sores and pains to us, as they are now instruments of gratification and enjoyment: or by placing us amidst objects so ill-suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight.
Side 198 - ... except the buyer shall accept parv of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...