[Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. Rockefeller]@TWC D-Link bookRandom Reminiscences of Men and Events CHAPTER VI 14/23
After about eight minutes the two were separated. The child at that time was crying for food.
It was fed, and from that moment began to eat and sleep regularly, and made a complete recovery. "The father appeared before a legislative committee at Albany, in opposition to certain bills which were pending at the last session to restrict animal experimentation, and told this incident, and said at the close that when he saw Dr.Carrel's experiments he had no idea that they would so soon be available for saving human life; much less did he imagine that the life to be saved would be that of his own child." THE FUNDAMENTAL THING IN ALL HELP If the people can be educated to help themselves, we strike at the root of many of the evils of the world.
This is the fundamental thing, and it is worth saying even if it has been said so often that its truth is lost sight of in its constant repetition. The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself.
Money which comes to him without effort on his part is seldom a benefit and often a curse.
That is the principal objection to speculation--it is not because more lose than gain, though that is true--but it is because those who gain are apt to receive more injury from their success than they would have received from failure.
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