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Letters to My Son, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Letters to My Son Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:William Gibson Excerpt from Letters to My Son, Vol. 2 — On taking up my new duties in Baltimore I promptly realized that it was my first duty to get in touch with the employees, and for that reason willingly accepted the invitation of a joint committee of the different organizations to address a meeting of the men and their families under the auspices of the Yo... more »ung Men's Christian Association. I spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
When you asked me to come here and meet you, I felt somewhat at a loss as to what it would he best to say to you.
I am a stranger among you but I come in a spirit of good will. My first impulse is to offer all of you, in the spirit at least, the right hand of fellowship. I want to tell you that I am glad to meet you. It is well that we should understand each other. I have been taught that the history of the world is influenced by the stimulus to human thoughts and deeds due to this get-together instinct.
It has been said that if three men are digging a cellar, four others will stand on the edge of the excavation and point out to one another wherein the three are going wrong, but that docs not help the men in the cellar.
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