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"I wonder," he added, as the man was half-way out of the door, "what Prince Ludwig will think of the American working-man when he arrives this afternoon?" "Just about as much," retorted the not-to-be-downed carpet-tacker, "as he does about American generosity. And he may think a few things," he added weightily, "about American independence."
You've all put down carpets at home; what's the use of pretending you don't know how to do it? Oh yes I know, bigger building, and all that, but there are more of us, and the principle of carpet-tacking is the same, big building or little one. Now my scheme is this Every fellow his own carpet-tacker!
"What's the matter with you fellows?" asked the attorney-general, swinging around in his chair. "Strike," declared one of the men, with becoming brevity. "Strike of what?" "Carpet-Tackers' Union Number One," replied the man, kindly gathering up a few tacks. "Never heard of it." "Organised last night," said the carpet-tacker, putting on his coat.
"And as to the rest of you fellows," he cried, "I don't see what's to hinder your getting busy right now!" There were Republicans and there were Democrats; there were friends and there were enemies; there were good, bad and no, there were no indifferent. An unprecedented harmony of thought, a millennium-like unity of action was born out of that sturdy cry Every man his own carpet-tacker!
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