THE STORY OF BREAD 



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farmer, and so was his father. Furthermore, his 

 father had a talent for invention, and so in figuring 

 out how his reaper worked in the field as well as in 

 the shop, heredity should not be overlooked. 



EW of us ever realize where we are 

 going. The most we know is that 

 we are on the way. On the day 

 that he invested his savings of a 

 few hundred dollars in oil, had 

 some prophet whispered to young 

 Rockefeller that he would live to 

 give away millions upon millions, this worthy man 

 would have indulged in the heartiest laugh of his life 

 The words "hero," "general," and "Mr. President'' 

 were far from 'Lysses Grant when, in delivering milk 

 to a neighbor, he overheard the remark that gave 

 him a chance to try for West Point. Edisor. the tele- 

 graph operator, was making "Edison, the wizard,' but 

 he did not know it. And so without straying further 

 from the story of bread, McCormick, great as was 

 his invention, and thoroughly as he believed in it, 

 did not foresee that he was giving to the world 

 cheap bread which was to turn the wheels of prog- 

 ress as they never before had been turned. 



Every great new idea that has benefited the world 

 has had to fight for its life. First, we laugh; then, 



