'Son,' he said, 'I had hoped you wouldn't run into anything like this till
you were older,
but maybe it's just as well. There are only two kinds of
men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black
men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts
except whether they're honest men or dishonest men.
'Some men work almost entirely with their brains; some almost
'Some men work almost entirely with their brains; some almost
entirely with their hands; though most of us have to use both. But we
all fall into one of the two classes - honest and dishonest.
'Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same
'Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same
God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that
it would yield every single thing that the people on it need. But He was
careful to plan it so that it would only yield up its wealth in exchange
for
the labor of man. Any man who tries to share in that wealth without
contributing the work of his brain or his hands is dishonest.
'Son, this is a long sermon for a boy of your age, but I want so much
'Son, this is a long sermon for a boy of your age, but I want so much
for
you to be an honest man that I had to explain it to you.'"
- 'Little Britches' by Ralph Moody
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