Fanny Kemble Quote

The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these "giddy-paced" times, and England is forgetting that those who make haste to be rich can hardly avoid much temptation and some sin.


Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters (ed. 1890)


The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these...

The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these...

The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these...

The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these...