Word: abbotts
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Amos Lawrence one of our most wealthy and honored citizens. "I made it a rule," he says, "to have property to represent forty per cent more than I owed"; and, following out this rule, he rose from a very small beginning to great opulence, as did likewise his brother Abbott, who came to Boston "with his bundle under his arm and $ 3 in his pocket" to enter into partnership with his brother. We might mention similar examples, but these are enough. We would commend them to students of Harvard who will sooner or later be launched into the busy world...
...Abbott, G. S. L. Chapman...