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Orison Swett Marden:Pushing to the Front, Excerpt 223

Orison Swett Marden《Pushing to the Front》· Pushing to the Front · Leadership

The president of his class at Columbia University recently earned the money to pay for his course by selling agricultural implements. One of his classmates, by the savings of two years' work as a farm laborer, and money earned by tutoring, writing, and copying done after study hours, not only paid his way through college, but helped to support his aged parents. He believed that he could afford a college training and he got it.

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Locator:Excerpt 223 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt

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