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Questions and Answers: Business Pointers by Darius Ogden Mills
“WHAT is your idea, Mr. Mills,[[2]] of a successful life?” “If a bootblack does all the good he possibly can for his fellow-men, his life has been just as successful as that of the millionaire who helps thousands.”
[2]. Mr. Mills was born in Western New York in 1825. He has been a leading financier for fifty years, in California, and in New York. He is connected with the management of eighteen important business and philanthropic corporations in New York City.