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No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story.
P. T. Barnum
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P. T. Barnum
Age: 80 †
Born: 1810
Born: July 5
Died: 1891
Died: April 7
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.
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Whatever you do, do it ardently.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
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The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.
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A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.
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