DISCLAIMER: The following sentences are direct quotes from Shadow and Light by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs.
Getting something for nothing, or risking the smaller in hope of obtaining the greater, seems a passion inherent in human nature, requiring a calm survey of the probabilities, and oftimes the baneful effects to attain a moral resistance.
Never preach high moral rectitude or the possibilities of industry to a hungry man. First give him something to eat, then should there be a vulnerable spot to such admonition you will succeed. If not, he is incorrigible.
Never disclose your poverty until the last gleam of hope ha sunk beneath the horizon of your best efforts, remembering that invincible determination holds the key to success.
Do not hesitate when you are without choice to accept the most humble and menial employment.
For deep down in the heart of every man is a conception of right. He cannot extinguish it, or separate it from its comparative.
Gibbs' events:
-penniless
-carpenter
-clothing business
-partner to Lester & Gibbs shoes and boots store
California recognized citizenship and equality before the law for people of color due to the evolution of events and march of liberal ideas.
Lester & Gibbs Shoe Store event:
When one man said he wanted this shoes but didn't take it, his friend take it then. He became furious and beat Lester. Lester couldn't fight back because he may be shot or redressed. In the end, the shoes were returned to their store without so much a compensation.
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