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Western Electric News Volume 7-8 (Paperback)
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Western Electric News Volume 7-8 (Paperback)
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book
(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1918 Excerpt: ...be?" asked Mr. Hennessy. "Sure, thot's a wor-rud
Oi never stubbed me brains on befur." "Will, Hinnessy," answered
Mr. Dooley, "yez knows what an initial is--the litter thot shtarts
somethin'? Will, initiative is the mintai quality thot shtarts
somethin'--an' finishes ut. Ut's rarer thin a blush in a comic
opery chorus. Lots an' lots av fellers kin till yez jist ixactly
how to sittle all the biggest quistions befur the public, but lit
the boss put a problem up to thim thot rayquoires the laste bit av
ordinary horse sinse an' they come back wid ixcuses instid av
raysoolts. Whin a job gits within doin' distance ut sames to
paraloize their moighty intillicts intoirely. "Thim's the b'ys,
Hinnessy, that kin show yez ixactly what's wrong wid our social
systim an' how there's no chanct fer annywan to roise anny more.
Whin viz mintion to thim Charley Schwab an' John D. Rockyfiller an'
Andrew Car-rnaggie an' Hinnery Ford an' Thomas Iddyson an' a dozen
or more ithers, they say: --'Oh, yis. Oi'll admit there was lots av
opporthunities twinty or thurty years ago. But not today ' Now,
twinty or thurty years ago, Hinnessy, you an' me heard thot same
story numerryous toimes, whoile Ford an' Schwab an' the rist was
wor-rukin' their woy up, an' twinty or thurty years from now
somebuddy ilse will hear ut agin whin he mintions some succissful
man thot's jist on his woy to the top today. "So if Oi wuz a young
feller, Hinnessy, Oi wudn't complain av lack av opporthunity as
long as ither min startin' below me was bein' promoted over me hid.
An' if me vanity troyed to till me ut was the boss's favoritism an'
his jilousy fer fear Oi'd git his job if he guv me a chanct, Oi'd
tak me vanity out to the woodshid an' apploy the shingle av common
sin...
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Rarebooksclub.com
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
March 2012 |
Authors: |
Western Electric Company
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
490 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-130-75513-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-130-75513-4 |
Barcode: |
9781130755138 |
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