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“Go West Young Man”
Horace Greeley was the Editor of the New York Tribune in the Fall of 1871.
In response to a letter he received from a young reporter on the staff, Greeley wrote these prophetic ideas and concepts to his protege.
This is how his response letter starts.
Transcript:
New York, New York, November 15, 1871
Dear Sir;
So many people ask me what they shall do; few tell me what they can do. Yet this is the pivot wherein all must turn.
I believe that each of us who has his place to make should go where men are wanted, and where employment is not bestowed as alms. Of course, I say to all who are in want of work, Go West!
About the Photograph
South Rim Trail, Grand Canyon, U.S.A.
April 2017