. s, and if it at times 11 R O O U caused no small amount of bitterness it had a reflex action for good in that itkept all concerned keenly alive to the necessity of embracing every opportunityfor improvement in goods and methods. As new comers, P. & F. Corbin hadthe greatest amount of opposition to overcome, and the lives of those who car-ried the burden in the early days were made the sterner and straiter, and eachdeparture was probably more carefully considered and more thoroughly devel-oped than would otherwise have been the case
. s, and if it at times 11 R O O U caused no small amount of bitterness it had a reflex action for good in that itkept all concerned keenly alive to the necessity of embracing every opportunityfor improvement in goods and methods. As new comers, P. & F. Corbin hadthe greatest amount of opposition to overcome, and the lives of those who car-ried the burden in the early days were made the sterner and straiter, and eachdeparture was probably more carefully considered and more thoroughly devel-oped than would otherwise have been the case — and the foundation of thepresent business was, consequently, all the more firmly and surely laid. The enterprises were small, as we should now consider them. The headsof the houses took off their coats and lent a hand wherever it was needed. Thedoors of the factories were as open to all comers as is the door to the black-smiths shop to-day. Life was less complex and if interests were less dividedthey were pursued with a greater intensity of 12
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