Lanterna Rally

Author: L. F. Loree

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13: 9781331916932

Excerpt from Railroad Freight Transportation I venture to dedicate this work to the memory of A. J. Cassatt and E. H. Harriman. Not only did these two men possess genius, a quality which Poe insists is far more abundant than is supposed; they possessed also the constructive ability, the faculty of analysis, the patience, the concentrativeness, that power of holding the attention steadily to the one purpose, self-dependence and the contempt for all opinion that is opinion and no more, and in special that energy and industry without which Poe insists the works of genius cannot be brought forth. As though this were not enough, they had, too, the leaven of a noble enthusiasm, which acted as a ferment, stimulating to their utmost effort all who enjoyed their confidence. It was my fortune to be associated upon terms of intimacy with both these men, and to have rendered them some poor service. In a long activity, spread over wide areas, I have known many men: Presidents, governors, mayors of metropolitan cities; senators, congressmen, legislators; judges, lawyers, physicians of reputation; editors, educators, philanthropists; inventors, captains of industry, and railroad officers. If we search this illustrious company, there is nobody, not one, who can he said to put one in mind of these two, so like in their ability to achieve, so different in their person ability and methods. 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.