If they make money they like to tell their neighbors how it was done

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. In this comparatively new field there are so many avenues of success open, so many vocations which are not crowded, that any person of either sex who is willing, at […]

The history of money-getting, which is commerce, is a history of civilization

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. In this comparatively new field there are so many avenues of success open, so many vocations which are not crowded, that any person of either sex who is willing, at […]

To get rich, is not always equivalent to being successful

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. In this comparatively new field there are so many avenues of success open, so many vocations which are not crowded, that any person of either sex who is willing, at […]

It is more precious than diamonds or rubies

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. In this comparatively new field there are so many avenues of success open, so many vocations which are not crowded, that any person of either sex who is willing, at […]

Never write a letter nor destroy one

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. In this comparatively new field there are so many avenues of success open, so many vocations which are not crowded, that any person of either sex who is willing, at […]

Burns Trivia

Club Members are invited to submit any Burns Trivia for inclusion on this page. – Let’s start with three pieces of Trivia from across the Pond — In James Fenimore Cooper’s book “The Last of the Mohicans”, first published in the USA in 1826, each chapter begins with a quotation, which was quite common at that […]

Robert Burns – His Life and Work

Robert Burns was born on 25th January 1759. He’s widely regarded as the Scotland’s National Poet and is celebrated worldwide. Burns is the best known of those poets who have written in the Vernacular; the old Scots language although much of his writing is also in English, and in a light Scottish dialect accessible […]