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“There may be little room for the display of this supreme qualification in the retail book business, but there is room for some. Be enterprising. Get good people about you. Make your shop windows and your shops attractive. The fact that so many young men and women enter the teaching profession shows that there are still some people willing to scrape along on comparatively little money for the pleasure of following an occupation in which they delight. It is as true to-day as it was in Chaucer's time that there is a class of men who "gladly learn and gladly teach," and our college trustees and overseers and rich alumni take advantage of this and expect them to live on wages which an expert chauffeur would regard as insufficient. Any bookshop worthy of survival can offer inducements at least as great as the average school or college. Under pleasant conditions you will meet pleasant people, for the most part, whom you can teach and form whom you may learn something.”

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Book:A magnificent farce and other diversions of a book collector
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A magnificent farce and other diversions of a book collector

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A. Edward Newton
A. Edward Newton

A. Edward Newton, a British author born in 1864 and died in 1940, is known for his humorous and satirical writing style. His works primarily focus on the customs and social life of England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, depicting the era through detailed portrayals of characters and events. more

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