A Verse Digest of P. T. Barnum’s The Art of Money Getting (1880)
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BEWARE OF “OUTSIDE OPERATIONS”
we see men who have fortunes become poor
this arises from intemperance,
from gaming and other bad habits
because a man has engaged in outside operations
he gets rich in legitimate business
he is told of a grand speculation
he is constantly flattered by friends
he is born lucky
everything he touches
turns into gold
he forgets his economical habits
his rectitude of conduct
he will listen to siren voices
certain matters not foreseen
time comes around to realize
the bubble bursts–he loses all he is possessed of
he learns what he ought to have known at the first
he is like Samson shorn of his locks
his strength has departed
he becomes like other men
if a man has plenty of money
he ought to invest something
in everything that appears
that will benefit mankind
but let sums
thus invested
be moderate
never let a man foolishly jeopardize a fortune
investing in things in which he has no experience
Money Getting Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, Part XIII, Part XIV, Part XV, Part XVI
Money Getting is a verse digest of P.T. Barnum’s The Art of Money Getting(1880)
