Genius rewarded
by John Scott
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About This Book
In a back street of Boston two men sat one sultry August midnight upon a pile of boards. They were penniless and friendless; they were smarting under failure and keen and bitter disappointment. Actual want stared them in the face and made them desperate. And yet, upon the outcome of that midnight scene mighty issues hung quivering. All the world had a stake in the thoughts of those poor, friendless, desperate men. One of them had heard from across the seas the “Song of the Shirt;” he had heard its sad echo even from the more prosperous homes of our own land, and its dismal chords had awakened ...
Chapters (68)
- Genius Rewarded; OR, The Story of the Sewing Machine
- CHAPTER I. THE SEWING MACHINE’S RIVALS.
- CHAPTER II. GROWTH OF THE IDEA.
- CHAPTER III. THE FIRST SINGER MACHINE.
- CHAPTER IV. GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS.
- CHAPTER V. THE GREAT FACTORY.
- CHAPTER VI. THE REASON WHY.
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