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Show Simile Awhilfii admiringly, "handicapped as you've been, you have still managed man-aged to become a millionaire. I wonder what you would have been in this country by now if only you had been, able to read and write?" "A janitor," replied the man. Self-service stores that provide no delivery service and no credit usually price their food cheaper than those stores which provide many services. Circumstances An immigrant arrived in the United States, secured lodgings, and promptly set out to earn a living. He soon made friends with some of his neighbors who tried to help him get a job. One of them took him down to the owner of a small office building to see if he could get a job as janitor. Unfortunately Un-fortunately he could neither read nor write. Since the job entailed keeping of records they were forced to reject his application He didn't let that get him down, however, and went about looking for another job. He landed in a real estate office and in a few years had worked himself into a sizable fortune. An occasion arose when he needed need-ed a large amount of cash to swing what promised to be a profitable deal. He went to a large bank for a loan. The banker knew him and agreed to lend the money if the man would sit down and make out a note for the amount. The caller smiled apologetically. He explained that he could neither read nor write and asked the banker to make it out for him. The banker was astonished. "I am surprised," he declared |