American Men of Mind
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Quite different was Harriman; a small, ordinary looking man, with glasses and a scraggy mustache, giving the impression of nervousforce rather than of power; an irritable man, easily angered; a fighterclear through, but fighting sometimes when peace were wiser--that wasHarriman.
Harriman was born at Hempstead, Long Island, the son of a clergyman witha large family and a small income. The boy was renowned chiefly for hisdaily fights and for his aversion to study. At the age of fourteen, hewas pu...t to work in a broker's office in Wall street, at eighteen he hada partnership, at twenty-two he bought a seat on the stock exchange, andpretty soon entered the railroad field by getting control of theIllinois Central. He at once inaugurated a new policy. Before that time, the prevailing idea of railroad management was to run a road as cheaplyas possible and pay big dividends. Harriman's idea was that the biggestdividends would be secured in the end by making a good road, and heproceeded to carry the idea out by putting his road in the very pink ofcondition.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Quite different was Harriman; a small, ordinary looking man, with glasses and a scraggy mustache, giving the impression of nervousforce rather than of power; an irritable man, easily angered; a fighterclear through, but fighting sometimes when peace were wiser--that wasHarriman.
Harriman was born at Hempstead, Long Island, the son of a clergyman witha large family and a small income. The boy was renowned chiefly for hisdaily fights and for his aversion to study. At the age of fourteen, hewas pu...t to work in a broker's office in Wall street, at eighteen he hada partnership, at twenty-two he bought a seat on the stock exchange, andpretty soon entered the railroad field by getting control of theIllinois Central. He at once inaugurated a new policy. Before that time, the prevailing idea of railroad management was to run a road as cheaplyas possible and pay big dividends. Harriman's idea was that the biggestdividends would be secured in the end by making a good road, and heproceeded to carry the idea out by putting his road in the very pink ofcondition.
What to read after American Men of Mind?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Stevenson Burton Egbert to read onlineMoreLess
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