DISQUALIFIED.
(I do not know of any position which can better qualify a man for the serious work of public life than that of a commercial traveller.—Sir Jas. Gibson at Edinburgh.)
I might have been—how sad it is To write in such a. mood — A ruler of the destinies Of nations, had I wooed The haberdasher with my ware, Or faced the oilman in his lair. I might have swayed the multitude With soft persuasive speech, ibid many a witty interlude The careless ear to reach. ]f I had been obliged to try To sell what no one wished to buy. 1 might have walked with rhccrfnl mien Tho path that leads to fame, Aud coining ages might have seen The glory of my name, But—oil, how great- is Sorrow's load ! I was not placed upon the road. . A.W.B.
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Evening Star, Issue 14636, 4 August 1911, Page 9
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139DISQUALIFIED. Evening Star, Issue 14636, 4 August 1911, Page 9
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