Word: clerked
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...free country. This is supposed to be the principle on which the University Bookstore charges $ 1.50 or $ 1.75 for the same volume, according to the taste and fancy of the polite clerk...
Every robbery and defalcation, from that of the clerk who took the money from the letters in the Post-Office to the more recent case of the Albany cashier, was committed for the selfish purpose of living better. The former bought a house for his parents; the others took what did not belong to them for purposes of rash speculation, or to cover debts. This is the old story over again, - each embezzler meaning to restore the funds, but none doing so. Making haste to be rich, the dishonest inclination to live beyond one's means, to equal or outshine...