The Lesson
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I made my way to my fathers store, in downtown Manhattan, to help him with the daily grind. He had employed me, because we as a family had not been able to make ends meet. When we had just enough money, however, my schooling and the food had taken priority. But unfortunately, the times when we c ....
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.... accurate books of what was sold, when, and to whom. He said that the key was to guard these books as If your life depended on it. So the young farmer went back and worked on his books, trying to keep everything in order and soon found himself to be as rich and wealthy (in grain) as the king. This, now rich farmer, bought a very precious ruby and to the king to deliver as a gift as a gift of gratitude.
When my father told me this, it was one of those special times in my life, To learn from ....
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