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The one thing worse than a quitter is the man who is afraid to begin.
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Figuring never was a strong point in these quarters. By the hardest, high school algebra was' Anally placed as a credit on my record, but my record was no credit to the teacher.
This national debt business is so far beyond my thinking, that I’m very quiet when it is a topic of conversation. No use displaying any more ignorance than necessary. But a man the other day explained those big figures in a nice simple language so I could understand it.
of a billion is this: “If 779 years before the birth of Christ, a man had borrowed a billion dollars— without interest—and had started the next day to pay it baefc at the rate of $1,000 a day, he would have made his final payment on January 1, 1941.”
Gee! think what a relief it must have been to him to get out of debt at lastl
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If you want to forget all your troubles, wear tight shoes.
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A group of ministers and a salesmen's organization were holding conventions in the same hotel, recounts the Detroit Free. Press. The catering department was working at top speed, serving dinners to both.
The salesmen were having “spiked watermelon” for dessert, but the harrassed chef discovered this alcoholic tidbit was being served to the ministers by mis
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