Miltons Manifesto: Hardships, Helping, And Hershey's

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Milton’s Manifesto: Hardships, Helping, and Hershey’s
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” The incredibly talented Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote those words, and I, Milton Snavely Hershey, find them to be quite powerful. Yes, it could be easy to look at me and awe at how blessed I was. That’s the man behind the Hershey’s Bar? Why, I just ate one last night! I am not going to deny that I am extremely proud of my chocolate, but that would be incredibly narrow-minded of me. Life didn’t come easy to me, nor did it offer a welcoming hand in my direction. I had to work very hard and overcome many obstacles to be the man I would eventually become. Those who stuck with me through my …show more content…

Somehow, the notion came to me that I was going to find motivation from seemingly insignificant things. For instance, I remembered this interesting trick I learned back in Colorado. Out there, I discovered that adding fresh milk to caramel made it tastier (“Milton S. Hershey”). Now, why I didn’t utilize this little tidbit earlier, I don’t know. It would have saved me much grief and anxiety, but I guess that’s the way the (chocolate chip) cookie crumbles. Poor humor aside, I used this knowledge to start the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1887 at age thirty (“Milton Hershey”). This was the windfall I so desperately needed. By 1900, the company had become so successful that I sold it for $1 million (“Milton Hershey”). Earlier, though, I found my true calling. In 1893, I attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There, I noticed a German man demonstrating the production of milk chocolate (Woodruff). I was so fascinated by this that I bought his equipment right off him and took it back to Lancaster (“Milton S. Hershey”). A couple of years later, on April 17, 1895 in fact, the first Hershey’s Bar was sold (“Milton S. Hershey”). I became the first American with a formula for making milk chocolate (“Milton S. Hershey”). My life had completely turned around just because I made a few minor observations. Life can be an amazing thing. To make sure that this newfound success didn’t escape me, I observed two …show more content…

Specifically, I wanted to ensure that they had quality schooling. Now this is where I might sound hypocritical: I didn’t receive a worthy education, but other children should. Please allow me the opportunity to elaborate, though. By my 14th birthday, I had attended six separate schools (Lancto). This wasn’t because I was some sort of prodigy bouncing around among various think tanks; my family and I felt it was more important that I work on the farm than attend school. So at that time, I dropped out of school to focus my time and energy on the ranch (“Milton Hershey”). But looking back, this is the reason for my emphasis on education. I was never as smart as everyone else, nor did I particularly know any useful skills that would enable me to become a success in society. As mentioned previously, it was really self-determination, aid from others, and some nifty tricks that allowed me to make a

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