The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . t;what warmth in a threadbare coat, if the tailors re-ceipt be in the pocket! What Tyrian purple in thefaded waistcoat, the vest not owed for ! How glossy OUT OF DEBT. 281 the well-worn hat, if it covers not the aching head ofa debtor! . Debt, however courteously it beoffered, is the cup of a siren, and the wine, spiced anddelicious though it be, an eating poison. The manout of debt, though with a flaw in his jerkin, a crackin his shoe-leather, and a h
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . t;what warmth in a threadbare coat, if the tailors re-ceipt be in the pocket! What Tyrian purple in thefaded waistcoat, the vest not owed for ! How glossy OUT OF DEBT. 281 the well-worn hat, if it covers not the aching head ofa debtor! . Debt, however courteously it beoffered, is the cup of a siren, and the wine, spiced anddelicious though it be, an eating poison. The manout of debt, though with a flaw in his jerkin, a crackin his shoe-leather, and a hole in his hat, is still theson of liberty, free as the singing lark above him ; butthe debtor, though clothed in the utmost bravery,what is he but a serf out upon a holiday,—a slave tobe reclaimed at any instant by his owner, the creditor ?My son, if poor, see wine in the running spring; letthy mouth water at a last weeks roll; think a thread-bare coat the only wear; and acknowledge a white-washed garret the fittest housing place for a gentle-man ; do this, and flee debt. So shall thy heart be atpeace, and the sheriff be 282 POWER OF MONEY
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