But this youth had _the indomitable spirit of a conqueror in him_, and you could not keep him down.

General Grant said to George W.Childs, "Mr.Wanamaker could command an army." His great energy, method, industry, economy, and high moral principle, attracted President Harrison, who appointed him Postmaster-General.
Jacques Aristide Boucicault began his business life as an employe in a dry goods house in a small provincial town in France.

After a few years he went to Paris, where he prospered so rapidly that in 1853 he became a partner and later the sole proprietor of the Bon Marche, then only a small shop, which became under his direction the most unique establishment in the world.

His idea was to establish a combined philanthropic and commercial house on a large scale.

Every one who worked for him was advanced progressively, according to his length of employment and the value of the services he rendered.