This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...than any amount of illgotten gold. That is trite, but its truth is being demonstrated afresh every hour. I want to remark, for the consolation of those of us who are not rich and have no mania to become rich through dishonesty, that those High Financiers who have indulged in shady transactions are an unhappy lot. Any ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...than any amount of illgotten gold. That is trite, but its truth is being demonstrated afresh every hour. I want to remark, for the consolation of those of us who are not rich and have no mania to become rich through dishonesty, that those High Financiers who have indulged in shady transactions are an unhappy lot. Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable to you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated permanently. SUCCESSFUL MILLIONAIRES WORK AT HIGH PRESSURE: MORGAN, HILL, HARRIMAN, STILLMAN, VANDERLIP, DAVISON--HOW STILLMAN WAS THAWED OUT BY A NEW CLERK. Our successful millionaires work at high pressure. The unsuccessful ones--of which, strange as it may sound, there are not a few--spend most of their time chasing that will o' the wisp, Pleasure. Naturally, they wane while the busy ones wax. The original J. P. Morgan was one of the most dynamic workers I have ever seen. I have watched him go through a mass of correspondence with a secretary, giving out orders, outlining replies, etc., and all the time receiving a string of visitors ranging from beggars for worthy purposes to capitalists scarcely less prominent than himself. Only one Morgan partner ever worked harder than the head of the house, and he, the faithful Coster, dropped dead from strain. Robert Bacon had a short spell of terrible responsibility and activity, but he had sense enough to step out before it was too late. Some of Henry P. Davison's friends are a trifle anxious lest he, too, in his zeal for achievement, overstep the boundaries set by Nature. The vaulting ambitions of Harriman landed him prematurely in his grave. His death was the loudest warning ever given those of his class. Ja...
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