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Orison Swett Marden:Pushing to the Front, Excerpt 400

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

"Goods removed, messages taken, carpets beaten, and poetry composed on any subject," was the sign of a man in London who was not very successful at any of these lines of work, and reminds one of Monsieur Kenard, of Paris, "a public scribe, who digests accounts, explains the language of flowers, and sells fried potatoes."

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
Locator:Excerpt 400 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt

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