Foley, with the quick wit of his country, responded instantly: "It's invy, they can't stand looking at the ividence of me prosperity." In my early days men acted just as they do now, no doubt.

When there was anything to be done for general trade betterment, almost every man had some good reason for believing that his case was a special one different from all the rest.

For every foolish thing he did, or wanted to do, for every unbusiness-like plan he had, he always pleaded that it was necessary in his case.

He was the one man who had to sell at less than cost, to disrupt all the business plans of others in his trade, because his individual position was so absolutely different from all the rest.

It was often a heart-breaking undertaking to convince those men that the perfect occasion which would lead to the perfect opportunity would never come, even if they waited until the crack o' doom.
Then, again, we had the type of man who really never knew all the facts about his own affairs.