The Man of Letters as a Man of Business
William Dean Howells · English
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The Man of Letters as a Man of Business
William Dean Howells · English
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II. In the mean time I confidently appeal to the reader's imagination with the fact that there are several men of letters among us who are such good men of business that they can command a hundred dollars a thousand words for all they write. It is easy to write a thousand words a day, and, supposing one of these authors to work steadily, it can be seen that his net earnings during the year would come to some such sum as the President of the United States gets for doing far less work of
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