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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Side 13
... reason of the length of time they have been in business the world regards as wise and skilful in managing their affairs , have yet much to learn . " - S . H. TERRY . ORE than twenty years have elapsed since the author , then a young man ...
... reason of the length of time they have been in business the world regards as wise and skilful in managing their affairs , have yet much to learn . " - S . H. TERRY . ORE than twenty years have elapsed since the author , then a young man ...
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... reason of ages , combining the principles of original justice with the infinite variety of human affairs . In business the law is so intimately interwoven with its rules and customs that it is difficult to distinguish cause and effect ...
... reason of ages , combining the principles of original justice with the infinite variety of human affairs . In business the law is so intimately interwoven with its rules and customs that it is difficult to distinguish cause and effect ...
Side 45
... reason , ipso facto void . Then the acts passed by the Congress of the United States , and the treaties made with foreign governments . The Constitutions of the several States , and the acts passed by the State Legislatures since their ...
... reason , ipso facto void . Then the acts passed by the Congress of the United States , and the treaties made with foreign governments . The Constitutions of the several States , and the acts passed by the State Legislatures since their ...
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... reason . " 24. What foreign languages are most likely to be found useful in a business life ? The German , Spanish and French . A large proportion of the most thrifty citizens and reliable traders in the United States , and even in ...
... reason . " 24. What foreign languages are most likely to be found useful in a business life ? The German , Spanish and French . A large proportion of the most thrifty citizens and reliable traders in the United States , and even in ...
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... reasons . One is , they are not afraid to work or to run of errands , and do cheerfully what they are told to do . A second reason is , they do their work quickly . A New York boy has many acquaintances ; a New England boy has none ...
... reasons . One is , they are not afraid to work or to run of errands , and do cheerfully what they are told to do . A second reason is , they do their work quickly . A New York boy has many acquaintances ; a New England boy has none ...
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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...