He did not ordain that one class should labor and be insecure while another class owned property and was safe.

I learned that the banker, the hotel keeper and the station agent had all been poor boys like myself.

They started with nothing but their hands to labor with.

They had worked hard and saved a part of their wages, and this had given them "a start." The hotel keeper had been a hack driver.

He slept in the haymow of a livery stable.