True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 200
om Danvers toPeabody, which was done. Therefore, if you look on yourmap now, you will find the name Peabody instead of Danvers. Mr. Gladstone, the great and noble statesman of England,said: It was George Peabody who taught the world how aman might be the master of his fortune, not its slave.… … I I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of myinventions come by accident.,— Thomas A. Ediion. U T NEVER did any-thing worth doingby accident, nordid any of my in-ventions come by acci-dent. These are the im-pressive words of one ofthe most interesting menwhose lives have…
