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Blue Book v038 n04 [1924-02], 1924
29 lines. Read by computer on 24 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1This book came between two men and separated them forever
3THIS is a rather simple little story with an element of triumph in it, and an element of tragedy.
5Perhaps when you have read it you will want to send for "Forging Ahead in Business"; perhaps not. The offer is made without conditions, but only you can decide.
7The story concerns two young men who owned very modest homes in a Middle Western city. Their wives were friends. In the winter they played bridge together and tennis in the summer. One worked in a railroad office, the other for a manufacturing concern, and their incomes were almost the same. On Saturday afternoons they mowed their lawns, shouting good naturedly to each other across the fence.
9One day the man who worked for the railroad inquired about the work of the Alexander Hamilton Institute. He read the little book "Forging Ahead in Business," which describes in detail the plan of the Institute's Modern Business Course and Service. It left a deep impression on him; a change took place in his attitude, a curious dissatisfaction with himself and his rather easy-going career. For the first time in his life he faced the fact that an income which marks a man as a success at twenty-eight means failure at thirty-eight. He wondered just how far along he would be at thirty-eight; the book stirred his imagination as it has stirred that of so many other men. He enrolled for the Institute's Modern Business Course and Service.
11He played less bridge than he had been playing; he no longer mowed his own lawn but hired a laborer to do it, explaining to his wife that he had found a new value in the spare hours which he could not afford to waste. The friend next door was puzzled, and he, too, asked the reason. But he could not quite understand the explanation his neighbor gave, at least he could not see why he should do the same.
13It came as a shock to him when his friend was promoted to be assistant general superintendent of the railroad. He was full of congratulations and good wishes, but he could not quite conceal his envy. It seemed a little unfair that good luck should come to one and not to both. Why was it that life could not treat men more equally in the distribution of rewards?
15The man who sent for "Forging Ahead in Business" became General Superintendent of the Road, one of the youngest railroad officials in the United States. He is now the Vice-President of a large Coal Mining Company. His name and his letters and reports are all on file in the office of the Alexander Hamilton Institute. Every step in his progress has been marked by an intelligent and searching use of the Institute's facilities for help.
17His friend still lives in the little house; still wonders. And he probably will never know that the thing which first came between them was this very unusual little book.
19The Alexander Hamilton Institute offers you the chance to read this book. If your imagination sees an opportunity in the offer a coupon is attached for your convenience. It will bring "Forging Ahead in Business" to you at once by mail, without obligation. There are thousands of men, like this young executive, who will tell you that in its pages there is power.
21Alexander Hamilton Institute
22999 Astor Place, New York City
23Send me "Forging Ahead in Business" which I may keep without obligation.
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