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Show FAMOUS MEN WERE "BROKE" Many Celebrities Who Have Swayed Millions and Ruled Continents Felt Pangs of Poverty. Belus "broke" is an experience through which some of the greatest men in history have had to pass. Men who have swayed millions, ruled continents1, commanded mighty armies have not always been blesesd with money. Hard cash was the one thing which in the early days Napoleon could not lay hand on, and the same may be said of Marshal Soult, who, long before be-fore he became duke of Dalmatia was without a penny, says London Answers. An-swers. Nor was his great comrade-in-arms, the heroic Ney, any better off when in his youth he donned' the uniform uni-form of a private soldier. We do not know for certain whether wheth-er Coltuubus ever carried his coat to the pawnshop, but the miseries of a dungeon were certainly not the only ones which tried his heart, his pocket often being empty. Owing to poverty, Dickens knew hardships as a boy, and Dumas, the author of "Monte Crlsto," died a dependent. |