navy ; for, in these professions, asalready stated, interest is everything, and after years ofservice you may be in the same humble position, or nearlyso, as when you entered the service ; whereas a shrewd,industrious youth cannot pass even four or five years in acommercial house, in our large… … The Boy Whittington, Lord Mayor of London. Nelson, Maudslay, Telford, Joseph Clements, Roberts,Fairbairn, &c., began life under far greater disadvantagesthan you have ever had to contend with ! Bramah was aplough-boy till seventeen years of age. John Kennedy,like many thousands who subsequently…
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