Typed letter signed to Seymour Halpern, in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to success in life
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Verlag: Washington, D.C., 1930
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1 p. 4to. "As for the question you ask me I should prefer to leave it unanswered. The Latin poet and writer Phaedrus says: 'Nisi utile est quod facimus stulta est gloria'. How useful a man's life has been - to his community, to his country, and to humanity - seems indeed the only criterion of his success in life. It is for others to decide if we have attained suh success. We, however, must content ourselves by saying that we are trying to do our best." Von Prittwitz (1884-1955) served as German ambassador to the United States from 1928-1933. He resigned in protest the day after Hitler was appointed Chancellor. As a high school student, Seymour Halpern (1913-1997), wrote letters to many notables of the day including politicians, military officers, entertainers, diplomats, artists, activists, writers, and businessmen, inquiring about their ideas to the keys to success in life. Halpern would later go on to serve as Republican from New York to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1973. On Deutsche Botschaft German Embassy stationery. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 313029
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Titel: Typed letter signed to Seymour Halpern, in ...
Verlag: Washington, D.C.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1930
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Typed letter signed "Otto H Kahn" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to success in life
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New York, 1930
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1 p. on Kahn's letterhead. 4to. Zustand: Old folds, else fine. 1 p. on Kahn's letterhead. 4to. German-born investment banker, Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1943), was a well-recognized public figure who was immortalized in song by Fanny Brice and was the inspiration for the cahacter Roscoe W. Chandler in the Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers, though he appears to belie his notoriety in this letter, which read in part: "I regret to say that I cannot comply with your request for an inscribed photograph of mine, as, not being a man in public life, I have long mad it a rule not to inscribe my photograph to others than personal friends." Kahn is probably best known for his role in reorganizing U.S. railroad systems. He was also a collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts, and authored books on art, history, politics, and business, including Art and the People (1916), and Of Many Things (1926), a collection of his speeches and writings on finance and politics. As a high school student, Seymour Halpern (1913-1997), wrote letters to many notables of the day including politicians, military officers, entertainers, diplomats, artists, activists, writers, and businessmen, inquiring about their ideas to the keys to success in life. Halpern would later go on to serve as Republican from New York to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1973. Signed. Artikel-Nr. 309379
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Typed letter signed "Thos. D. Schall" (Thomas D. Schall) to "S.H." (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to success in life
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n.p. (Washington, D.C), 1930
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Zustand: Fine. 1 p. on "United States Senate" letterhead. 4to. A plucky letter from the first blind US Senator. Reading in part: "Through an electric shock I lost my sight. Then it was the beginning all over as a blind man to make myself into a successful blind lawyer. It was hard luck but there again pluck and determination, will power, courage, whatever you may call it, was dominant and I became a successful, practicing blind lawyer earning more money than I ever earned as a seeing one. It was not luck, but hard work, constant application and a faith that God would help me." In 1907, 29-year old attorney, Thomas Schall (1878-1935), stopped by a cigar shop during the lunch recess of a personal injury case he was arguing in Fargo. Schall attempted to light his cigar with an electric lighter but had unknowingly plugged the 110-volt device into 220-volt outlet. The electric shock that he received left him permanently blind. Undeterred and refusing to consider himself disabled, Schall continued to successfully practice law and went on to a career in politics, serving as a member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1915-1925, and as a US Senator from 1925-1935. Tragically, he was truck by a hit and run driver while walking across the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Cottage City, Maryland, on December 19, 1935, and died three days later. As a high school student, Seymour Halpern (1913-1997), wrote letters to many notables of the day including politicians, military officers, entertainers, diplomats, artists, activists, writers, and businessmen, inquiring about their ideas to the keys to success in life. Halpern would later go on to serve as Republican from New York to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1973. 1 p. on "United States Senate" letterhead. 4to. Artikel-Nr. 309429
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