Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
by George Horace Lorimer · first published 1934
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on “Ask HN: Book under 100 pages that changed your life the most?” ↗Thanks for the rec. I'm going to check out "Human Smoke". Now I want to recommend "Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son"[1] which is a collection of letters that a man, who made his wealth through the Chicago meat industry, to his son who went to college. It gave a warming perspective of a parent who would express his…
on “300k airplanes in five years” ↗I'm reading "Letters From a Self-made Merchant to his Son"[0] and this particular passage stuck out at me (keep in mind the author/merchant was very rich for his time and ran the business): > I hear a good deal about men who won’t take vacations, and who kill…
on “Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health” ↗