Complex sentence: He sought and obtained a position in a paint shop, where he was paid a wage of fifty cents per day, but he there gained his initial knowledge of the business in which he was destined to progress to the point of notable success.
Split into simpler sentences: He sought and obtained a position in a paint shop, where he was paid a wage of fifty cents per day. There he gained his initial knowledge of the business in which he was destined to progress to the point of notable success.