Show self made men of other days the self made man is by no means solely the product of modern throes was a weaver franklin was a journeyman printer popo sistna V was employed in his younger days ui keeping swine robert bums was a plowman homer was a beggar daniel do foe was apprenticed to a hosier demosthenes was the son of a cutler whilo virgil was a bakers son ben jonson was a bricklayer cervantes was a common soldier canovas father was a stonecutter and captain cook commenced life as a cabin boy the musician was the son of a poor wheelwright pizarro instead of going to school was bent to keep hogs kirko whites father was a I 1 and keats father kept a livery stable |