. Contemporary American biography . ve only feeble faith in. That he has achieved a very great success inlife, though his outstart was made from humble conditions and his progress has been abso-lutely unattended by the merely accidental advantages that account for many successful per-formances, is much; but that his great accomplishment in the world has been free from theslightest stain or suspicion of questionable method is more; and the fact that he has not gaineda merely selfish personal success but made himself of broadest usefulness to his city and country,the great undertakings of his ti
. Contemporary American biography . ve only feeble faith in. That he has achieved a very great success inlife, though his outstart was made from humble conditions and his progress has been abso-lutely unattended by the merely accidental advantages that account for many successful per-formances, is much; but that his great accomplishment in the world has been free from theslightest stain or suspicion of questionable method is more; and the fact that he has not gaineda merely selfish personal success but made himself of broadest usefulness to his city and country,the great undertakings of his time in a moral and material way, is most of all. His rise frompoverty to the control of vast business interests exhibited persistent power, but the use ofhis fortune and of his matured strength for society—humanity—has revealed the broader andgreater man and given him a far stronger title to the regard and respect of his fellows than didhis command of commercial success, masterful as it was. In other words, it is in the capacity.
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