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Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life of Mark Hopkins
Among the adventurous and energetic men who came to California immediately after the announcement of the discovery of gold, there are few who have done more to shape the destinies of the State and develop its resources than Mark Hopkins.
Unpretentious and unassuming in manner, slow and deliberate of speech, self-disciplined against indulgence in theory and speculation, he was not given to the origina tion of new schemes and new ideas. When these were presented to him, his mind grasped them, and he possessed the judicial instinct that discarded all of the ornamentation and glitter, stripped them of their non-essentials, weighed all of the in?uences that might add or detract from their value, and his conclusions as to their practical worth seemed imbued with the prescience of prophecy.
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Among the adventurous and energetic men who came to California immediately after the announcement of the discovery of gold, there are few who have done more to shape the destinies of the State and develop its resources than Mark Hopkins.
Unpretentious and unassuming in manner, slow and deliberate of speech, self-disciplined against indulgence in theory and speculation, he was not given to the origina tion of new schemes and new ideas. When these were presented to him, his mind grasped them, and he possessed the judicial instinct that discarded all of the ornamentation and glitter, stripped them of their non-essentials, weighed all of the in?uences that might add or detract from their value, and his conclusions as to their practical worth seemed imbued with the prescience of prophecy.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Benjamin B. Redding
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780267627608
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 36
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Benjamin B. Redding
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332537624
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 38
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