1896 Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages by the Only William

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INTRODUCTION TO MIXED DRINKS.

wards; yet the imagination on my part was at that time like that of the rest of boys of the same age . But with the advance in age, this imagination faded, for it had to; and now I began to learn. A period of a few years passed and I began to believe I knew something; undoubtedly I did, but how little! and every day con– vinces me more and more how much there is to be learned, although I have given particular care to this business close on to thirty years. How often a man will overestimate himself, because he happens to be successful, as well as another one will undervalue his dexterity because good luck did not favor him. Perhaps you think I was born with a fortune '~aiting for me; I was, but I was not to keep it, and only my misfortune in younger years is the cause, and ha s ever since been, that made me work hard and seek new ideas. There is no more reason for a well-off man to give up his ambition than there is for another, who did not meet with success, to despair. Surely it is a nice, pleasant feeling for any one to be born rich; but to be born with a silver spoon in the mouth and to die with a fortune behind you, without having shown that you accomplished something of value through your daily toils and labors-no! I would rather be a dog than a man without ambition and a record of toil. My dear readers ! Never was I guilty of not enjoy– ing myself at every opportunity after business hours, and I never will let the time pass by without doing so hereafter. It is a pleasure to me to enjoy the labor,