The Art Of Money Getting [excerpt] - P. T. Barnum
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art of money getting by P. T. Barnum in the United States where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money in this comparatively new field. There are so many avenues of success open. So many vocations which are not crowded that any person of either sex who is willing, at least for the time being to engage in any respectable occupation that offers may find lucrative employment. Those who really desire to attain an independence have only to set their minds upon it and adopt the proper means as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish and the thing is easily done. But however easy it may be found to make money. I have no doubt. Many of my hearers will agree it is the most difficult thing in the world to keep it. The road to wealth is as dr franklin truly says, as plain as the road to the mill. It consists simply in expending less than we earn. That seems to be a very simple problem. Mr Micawber, one of those happy creations of the genial dickens puts the case in a strong light when he says that to have an income of £20 per annum and spend £20 and sixpence is to be the most miserable of men, whereas To have an income of only £20 and spend but £19 and six pens is to be the happiest of mortals. Many of my readers may say we understand this, this is economy, and we know economy is wealth. We know we can't eat our cake and keep it also. Yet I beg to say that perhaps more cases of failure arise from mistakes on this point than almost any other.