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Mr. Evarts, of New York, at a New England society dinner described the three stages of the enterprising Yankee's progress; First, to get on; next, to get honor; and lastly, to get honest!--Boston True Flag.

It may be said of the above, that they generally succeed in the first, not often in the second, and never in the last.

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