Some of the
great banking houses which keep the pendulum of the world swinging
true have grown to importance through just such young men as
yourself, who were honest and had high ideals and who so impressed
their own personalities upon everybody about them--customers and
employers--that the tone of the concern was raised at once and
with it came a world-wide success. I have been thirty years on the
Street and have watched the rise of half the firms about me, and
in every single instance some one of the younger men--boys, many
of them--has pulled the concern up and out of a quagmire and stood
it on its feet. And the reverse is true: half the downfalls have
come from those same juniors, who thought they knew some short
road to success, which half the time was across disreputable back
lots. Why not give up complaining and see what better things you
can do? I'm not quite satisfied about your having stayed upstairs
even to receive me. Your aunt loves society and the daughter--what
did you say her name was--Corinne? Yes, Miss Corinne being young,
loves to have a good time.
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