Scribner's magazine . of buying theirproduct at prices previously agreed upon,he turns round and sells this product at thebest prices the public can be i3ersuaded topay. At no point is the transaction any-thing else than a bargain, and in its neat-ness as a bargain alone lies its he is able to buy cheap and sell deardoes he get on, does he arrive.* And thecapitalist, in whatsoever guise you take him— whether as merchant, manufacturer,banker, bond-holder, or landlord—is, as acapitalist, simply a bargainer, a trafficker,a trader, a salesman. Of the salesmans skill the chief element
Scribner's magazine . of buying theirproduct at prices previously agreed upon,he turns round and sells this product at thebest prices the public can be i3ersuaded topay. At no point is the transaction any-thing else than a bargain, and in its neat-ness as a bargain alone lies its he is able to buy cheap and sell deardoes he get on, does he arrive.* And thecapitalist, in whatsoever guise you take him— whether as merchant, manufacturer,banker, bond-holder, or landlord—is, as acapitalist, simply a bargainer, a trafficker,a trader, a salesman. Of the salesmans skill the chief elementis address : the faculty of approaching, per-suading, and swaying men. For the rewardof this one faculty all of the great moneyprizes, at least, are reserved. And it is afaculty in the development of which edu-cation and training go far. Yet in theschemes of education, even at a time whenno effort is sparing to make education prac-tical — which means, in the end, money-getting—next to no regard is paid to
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