Front matter

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BETTER DAYS: OR, A Millionaire of To-morrow.

BY

THOMAS FITCH AND ANNA M. FITCH.

“Philosophy consists not

In airy schemes, or idle speculations;

The rule and conduct of all social life

Is her great province. Not in lonely cells

Obscure she lurks, but holds her heavenly light

To Senates and to Kings, to guide their counsels,

And teach them to reform and bless mankind.”

San Francisco, Cal.:

BETTER DAYS PUBLISHING CO.

1891.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891,

By THOMAS FITCH,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Pacific Press Publishing Company,

Oakland, Cal.

Printers, Electrotypers, Binders.

TO THE

Eight Thousand Millionaires of America

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.

IF, THROUGH A PERUSAL OF ITS CONTENTS, ONE AMONG THEM ALL SHALL BE LED TO SO DISPOSE OF A PORTION OF HIS FORTUNE AS TO HELP THE WAGE-WORKERS OF OUR LAND TO HELP THEMSELVES, THEN THESE PAGES WILL NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN VAIN.

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