The story is told of a young merchant who, beginning
business some fifty years ago, overheard one day a clerk’s
misrepresenting the quality of some merchandise. He was
instantly reprimanded and the article was unsold. The clerk
resigned his position at once, and told his employer that the
man who did business that way could not last long. But the
merchant did last, and but lately died the possessor of the
largest wealth ever gathered in a single lifetime.--NOAH
HUNT SCHENCK.
(1430)