Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 4 : Room at the Top

[Fred Shapiro]

room at the top (OED 1900)

1866 _Bangor Daily Whig & Courier_ 27 Feb. 3/4 (19th Century U.S.
Newspapers)  When Daniel Webster was a young man about commencing the
study of law, he was advised not to enter the legal profession, for it was
already crowded. His reply was, -- "There is room enough at the top."

Fred Shapiro

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