William Dean Howells

Name: A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First, Chapter I
Author: William Dean Howells

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

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“A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First, Chapter I”, published in 1890, is a work by William Dean Howells. It explores elements such as Fulkerson, March and New York.

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ March had his hands clasped together behind his head, and he took one of them down long enough to put his inkstand and mucilage-bottle out of Fulkerson's way. After many years' experiment of a mustache and whiskers, he now wore his grizzled beard full, but cropped close; it gave him a certain grimness, corrected by the gentleness of his eyes.
"Some people don't think much of the creation of man nowadays. Why stop at that? Why not say since the morning stars sang together?"
"No, sir; no, sir! I don't want to claim too much, and I draw the line at the creation of man. ”

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ And I like you because you're a Western man, and I'm another. I do cotton to a Western man when I find him off East here, holding his own with the best of 'em, and showing 'em that he's just as much civilized as they are. We both know what it is to have our bright home in the setting sun; heigh?"
"I think we Western men who've come East are apt to take ourselves a little too objectively and to feel ourselves rather more representative than we need," March remarked.
Fulkerson was delighted. "You've hit it! We do! We are!" ”

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ You ain't an insurance man by nature. You're a natural-born literary man, and you've been going against the grain. Now, I offer you a chance to go with the grain. I don't say you're going to make your everlasting fortune, but I'll give you a living salary, and if the thing succeeds you'll share in its success. We'll all share in its success. That's the beauty of it. I tell you, March, this is the greatest idea that has been struck since"--Fulkerson stopped and searched his mind for a fit image--"since the creation of man." ”

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ Fulkerson admitted.
March did not quite like his candor, and he went on with dignity. "It's very natural she shouldn't. She has always lived in Boston; she's attached to the place. Now, if you were going to start 'The Fifth Wheel' in Boston--"
Fulkerson slowly and sadly shook his head, but decidedly. "Wouldn't do. You might as well say St. Louis or Cincinnati. There's only one city that belongs to the whole country, and that's New York."
"Yes, I know," sighed March; "and Boston belongs to the Bostonians, but they like you to make yourself at home while you're visiting." ”

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ I might get a man of more experience, but I should probably get a man of more prejudice and self-conceit along with him, and a man with a following of the literary hangers-on that are sure to get round an editor sooner or later. I want to start fair, and I've found out in the syndicate business all the men that are worth having. ”

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ But I've got my eye on a little house round in West Eleventh Street that I'm going to fit up for my bachelor's hall in the third story, and adapt for 'The Lone Hand' in the first and second, if this thing goes through; and I guess we'll be pretty comfortable. It's right on the Sand Strip--no malaria of any kind. ”

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William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes — Part First… (1890)

“ You told me, didn't you, that you used to do some newspaper work before you settled down?"
"Yes; I thought my lines were permanently cast in those places once. It was more an accident than anything else that I got into the insurance business. I suppose I secretly hoped that if I made my living by something utterly different, I could come more freshly to literature proper in my leisure."
"I see; and you found the insurance business too many, for you. Well, anyway, you've always had a hankering for the inkpots ”

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