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Nice introduction, but I admit I was a bit disappointed to not get even one "get-rich-quick scheme".
by blunte 9y ago
Nice introduction, but I admit I was a bit disappointed to not get even one "get-rich-quick scheme".
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- Animats 9y agoRight. Clemens put large sums into a typesetting machine project, but it was a dud.[1] One of the prototype machines still exists. [1] http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi50.htm http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi50.htm
- blunte 9y agoLink doesn't seem correct, but I would guess that a typesetting machine project wouldn't be categorized as a get-rich-quick scheme. This sounds more like a (risky?) business venture.
- kbart 9y ago"to not get even one "get-rich-quick scheme"." It's stressed in the article that the most important thing to get rich is to be born around 1835, so you could start with this.
- blunte 9y agoNo for a couple of reasons. First, the connotation to "get-rich-quick" is that it's a foolish endeavor that usually results in loss. So I was expecting to see some amusing failures. Secondly, being born at the right time isn't "quick", unless you are perhaps speaking of the conception effort involved.
- pvg 9y agoIt's an excerpt from a book, as it says at the bottom and I imagine there's also some expectation the reader is generally aware Mark Twain was involved in many unsuccessful business ventures throughout his life. The excerpt provides a bit of context.