[Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling]@TWC D-Link bookCaptains Courageous CHAPTER X 18/51
They'll be doing it for a few thousand dollars a year at most; but remember you'll be doing it for millions. You'll learn law enough to look after your own property when I'm out o' the light, and you'll have to be solid with the best men in the market (they are useful later); and above all, you'll have to stow away the plain, common, sit-down-with-your-chin-on-your-elbows book-learning. Nothing pays like that, Harve, and it's bound to pay more and more each year in our country--in business and in politics.
You'll see." "There's no sugar my end of the deal," said Harvey.
"Four years at college! Wish I'd chosen the valet and the yacht!" "Never mind, my son," Cheyne insisted.
"You're investing your capital where it'll bring in the best returns; and I guess you won't find our property shrunk any when you're ready to take hold.
Think it over, and let me know in the morning.
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