Fortunes Made in Business, Vol. 1: A Series of Original Sketches, Biographical and Anecdotic, from the Recent History of Industry and Commerce (Classic Reprint) by James Hogg (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from Fortunes Made in Business, Vol. 1: A Series of Original Sketches, Biographical and Anecdotic, From the Recent History of Industry and Commerce When Aladdin rubbed his Wonderful Lamp (so we are told in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments) he summoned a powerful genie, who obeyed his every behest, and was able to lay at his feet all the good things which this world can command. The old Eastern story was a sort of prophetic mirror of many romantic incidents in the Modern Biography of Industry and Commerce. In Current Literature few things have a greater charm to busy men than any trustworthy record of successful enterprise, especially when the story bears upon yesterday or to-day. No wonder that it is so. Now, perhaps, more than ever, calm, well-directed effort and scientific insight; indomitable pluck and that ready resolution which kws when to seize the moment of fortune - are the grand characteristics which give power to win a prize in the arena of modern competition. 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 techlogy 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.