Hidden Treasure: Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by H.A. Lewis

Hidden Treasure: Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by H.A. Lewis

Author:H.A. Lewis [Lewis, H.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oregan Publishing
Published: 2018-10-04T00:00:00+00:00


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Elihu Burritt, a child of poverty, the son of a poor farmer, the youngest of ten children. He was apprenticed at eighteen to a blacksmith. He wanted to become a scholar and bought some Greek and Latin works, carrying them in his pocket and studying as he worked at the anvil. From these he went to Spanish, Italian and French. He always had his book near him and improved every spare moment. He studied seven languages in one single year. Then he taught school one year, but his health failing, he went into the grocery business. Soon what money he had was swept away by losses.



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