Ho|ra|tio Al|ger

Ho|ra|tio Al|ger
Ho|ra|tio Al|ger «huh RAY shoh AL juhr»,
characteristic of a success story; having to do with rising from rags to riches through one's own efforts: »

By working harder…with Horatio Alger celerity they acquired property and transformed themselves into bankers (Atlantic). ... the American Dream, with its Horatio Alger belief in self-improvement (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

[< Horatio Alger, 1832-1899, an American author of a series of books for boys]

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