..May I have this damaged bunch for two cents? Speak strongly and it shall be yours for two cents. That is a saved penny that you put in the star bank.. Suffer the cold for an hour. Put a shawl around you. Sai, I am cold because I am saving to buy land. That hour will save you three cents' worth of coal.. When you are alone at night, do not light the lamp. Sit in the darkness and dream awhile. Reckon out how much oil you saved and put its value in pennies in the bank. The money will grow. Someday there will be fifty dollars and somewhere on this long island is a piece of land that you may buy for that money. Betty Smith
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Thomas A. Edison's quote, “When you are alone at night, do not light the lamp. Sit in the darkness and dream awhile. Reckon out how much oil you saved and put its value in pennies in the bank.

The money will grow. Someday there will be fifty dollars and somewhere on this long island is a piece of land that you may buy for that money” is a powerful example of a penny saved going a long way. If you save every time you used a bit of oil, eventually your savings can make your life easier and provide access to land.

Source: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

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