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

Till the very end, he saw the producers' outrage against him as shot through with envy and hypocrisy.

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

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

The decision was partly a question of style.

Frank was the last person she had expected to volunteer as a source.

I doubt if Mr. Rockefeller's attention could be attracted.

Pierpont not only reorganized roads but locked up their future financing.

It was Rockefeller, after all, who urged Harper to pay top dollar for America's best academic minds.

While Rogers was talking in general terms, it again left the impression that John D. lurked somewhere behind the copper trust.

Perhaps most problematic was the controversial bargain that Alexander Hamilton had struck with the Constitution, dedicating his life to what he deemed a flawed document.

an Anglican college in New York, which, he warned, would become "a contracted receptacle of bigotry

Why distrust the evidence of the Jews? Discredit them and you destroy the Christian religion.

The comment smacked of aristocratic disdain for the self-made man. In fact, no immigrant in American history has ever made a larger contribution than Alexander Hamilton.

may have clung to the Morgan position longer than he wanted to because of its social utility.

In reality, he was fully prepared to deal with a strong producers' cartel so long as they capped production.

A hostile press often spoke of the University as if it were Standard Oil propaganda

coaxed America into war for profit.

A frugal man, John D. followed his accustomed practice of keeping the furnishings, even if the style in this case diverged ludicrously from his own.

the incident confirmed his innate pessimism.

This was a corner, a bloody trap for speculators.

sometimes lacked the strength to travel. By

His constant aim was to be conciliatory whenever possible and extend his range of influence.

He had long lived with the knowledge of man's sinful nature.