There may be little room for the display of this supreme qualification in the retail book business, but there is room for some. Be enterprising. Get good people about you. Make your shop windows and your shops attractive. The fact that so many young men and women enter the teaching profession shows that there are still some people willing to scrape along on comparatively little money for the pleasure of following an occupation in which they delight. It is as true to-day as it was in Chaucer's time that there is a class of men who "gladly learn and gladly teach, " and our college trustees and overseers and rich alumni take advantage of this and expect them to live on wages which an expert chauffeur would regard as insufficient. Any bookshop worthy of survival can offer inducements at least as great as the average school or college. Under pleasant conditions you will meet pleasant people, for the most part, whom you can teach and form whom you may learn something. A. Edward Newton
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The idea of going into business for yourself is a great dream. Many people only see the negative aspects of the business world and as a result, they never take the first step towards making their dream a reality. In this quote, John Ruskin tells us that just because something is difficult does not mean that we have to give up or give in to it. We can do anything that we put our mind to, as long as we are willing to put in the effort required.

Source: A Magnificent Farce And Other Diversions Of A Book Collector

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