thrive on this principle--taking even guesses, and trusting to the
victim's remembrance of all that comes true and his forgetfulness of all
that does not.
Put up your lightning-rods, get between the cars, begin making
powder--increase your probabilities of getting blown up, of having
something out of the ordinary run happen to you. If you are food for big
fish, go where the big fish are, and you will not be left over for
lunch. If you can be useful to a great railroad man, a great statesman,
or, even, a great nation, they are going to thrive on you. They will
take a taste of you almost before you know it. If you are smart, sober,
and were not born tired, there is no bad luck that can get even a shade
the best of you.
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