# Horatio — The Art of Money Getting character guide

> Horatio in The Art of Money Getting by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-learn-something-useful

## Who they are

A character used to illustrate the folly of not learning a useful trade.

## In the story

### [Avoid Debt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_money_getting_se/chapters/avoid-debt)

A lazy apprentice boy who is so slow that his employer jokes he must have met a snail rather than overtaken one.

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