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Even as a raw country boy, he allowed himself no oath stronger than "Thunder and Lightning

Emergencies seemed to fortify his confidence even as they introduced doubt or terror in others.

Jefferson took often commonplace ideas and endowed them with majestic form.

Yet the episode suggests that Fanny may have been aloof in the outside world and showed her emotions only in private.

To put Mr. Rockefeller's name prominently forward Ã¢â'¬Â¦ would impair the usefulness of the work.

Except for Florida, every southern state joined in the program.

He went through the week cautioning himself with proverbs taught by Eliza, such as "Pride goeth before a fall," and this spiritual self-scrutiny intensified with his growing wealth.

But he was so inundated with pleas that many more people were spurned than saved, generating unavoidable bitterness.

Or perhaps Bill just wanted to be spared the inconvenience of doing it himself.

When he dozed during an emergency meeting, nobody dared disturb the royal snooze.

He was a much less clever monopolist than his mentor.

By one account, a dispute arose as to whether John would pay rent at the new house.

Most revealing is how the letter ends—with Jack portraying himself and Fanny as common victims of Pierpont.

giving him more generous sympathy than he received in return

However, he was persistent, which pleased or displeased people according to taste.

Self-sufficiency and a contempt of the science and experience of others are too prevailing traits of character in this country," he wailed to John Jay.

As Rockefeller pondered this, the triumph of Flexner's serum tipped the scales

The federal government had captured forever the bulk of American taxing power.

He also advocated Archbold's ouster, but Senior thought it impossible to fire Archbold in the midst of the antitrust suit.

That spring, Gates had survived a serious illness, awakening his curiosity about American medicine.

and personally audited the books each New Year's Day.

For the record, he professed great respect for Isaac Hewitt, twenty-five years his senior, but he was much more caustic in private, referring to him as a "disgruntled" man, forever entangled in litigation.

To purify himself of all business ties, Junior also retired at the same time from U.S. Steel.

James Clark later told Ida Tarbell that he sold out only from fear of the SIC contract.