The benevolent old man was trying to instil the spirit of ambition in an obviously unenthusiastic office boy. “My boy,” he said, "do you know the secret of success in life?" "No, I don't,” the lad replied, frankly. “But I’ll bet there’s a catch in it —like all the rest of them things. I'll lay you a hundred to eight it’s something to do with hard work!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1939, Page 6
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