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The Turmoil

CHAPTER XXI
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Don't be surprised,' he says--'don't be surprised at his makin' a success,' he says.

'He couldn't get over his heredity; he couldn't HELP bein' a business success--once you got him into it.

It's in his blood.

Yes, sir' he says, 'it doesn't need MUCH brains,' he says, 'an only third-rate brains, at that,' he says, 'but it does need a special KIND o' brains,' he says, 'to be a millionaire.
I mean,' he says, 'when a man's given a start.

If nobody gives him a start, why, course he's got to have luck AND the right kind o' brains.
The only miracle about Bibbs,' he says, 'is where he got the OTHER kind o' brains--the brains you made him quit usin' and throw away.'" "But what'd he say about his health ?" Mrs.Sheridan demanded, impatiently, as George placed a cup of coffee before her husband.
Sheridan helped himself to cream and sugar, and began to sip the coffee.
"I'm comin' to that," he returned, placidly.


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