item: #1 of 17 id: 14204 author: Klein, Charles title: The Lion and the Mouse: A Story of American Life date: None words: 84443 flesch: 79 summary: Then presenting Jefferson to Stott she said: This is Mr. Jefferson Ryder--Judge Stott. It was unusual to keep the town house open so late in the summer, but Mr. Ryder was obliged for business reasons to be in New York at this time, and Mrs. Ryder, who was one of the few American wives who do not always get their own way, had good-naturedly acquiesced in the wishes of her lord. keywords: bagley; book; burkett ryder; business; daughter; day; eyes; face; father; girl; good; hand; heart; home; house; interests; jefferson; jefferson ryder; john; john ryder; judge; judge rossmore; kate; letters; life; like; love; man; matter; men; miss; moment; money; mother; mrs; new; people; public; right; roberts; room; rossmore; ryder; secretary; senator; shirley; stott; thought; time; want; way; wife; woman; work; world cache: 14204.txt plain text: 14204.txt item: #2 of 17 id: 17090 author: Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison) title: Random Reminiscences of Men and Events date: None words: 37887 flesch: 64 summary: To Mr. Morgan's real and effective help I should join with other business men and give great praise. It gives me pleasure to state that the confidence which I have freely given to business men with whom I have been associated has been so fully justified. keywords: affairs; backus; business; capital; company; country; day; good; help; interest; life; man; men; money; new; oil; oil business; oil company; ore; people; ships; standard; things; time; trade; way; work; world; years cache: 17090.txt plain text: 17090.txt item: #3 of 17 id: 18789 author: Rittenberg, Max title: Swirling Waters date: None words: 87254 flesch: 92 summary: Why didn't the fools show a blasted light? Old man Larssen will give you hell when we get to shore. _Second Edition. keywords: 10s; 8vo; arles; bay; book; boy; business; canada; clifford; course; day; dean; demy 8vo; edition; elaine; england; english; eyes; fcap; fifth edition; fourth edition; francis; good; half; hand; help; home; hotel; hudson; husband; illustrated; john; know; lars larssen; larssen; letter; life; little; london; look; love; man; matheson; matter; men; mind; moment; money; morning; mrs; net; new; night; nîmes; office; old; olive; paris; rivière; room; round; scheme; second edition; seventh edition; shipowner; sir; tell; think; thought; time; train; verney; voice; way; white; wife; woman; words; work; world cache: 18789.txt plain text: 18789.txt item: #4 of 17 id: 29256 author: Kahn, Otto H. title: High Finance date: None words: 4934 flesch: 46 summary: It is only in America that the views of business men in general (as distinct from the agitation of particular business men or organizations having a special object to serve, such as on the occasion of tariff making in former days) are ignored, their advice brushed aside or even resented, their representatives treated as interlopers. It is only fair that there should be abandoned the habit of sneering at and suspecting organized efforts by business men to educate public opinion on questions affecting business and finance as improper attempts to manufacture or accelerate public opinion. keywords: business; country; finance; high; means; men; people; public; wealth cache: 29256.txt plain text: 29256.txt item: #5 of 17 id: 36170 author: Cullum, Ridgwell title: The Son of his Father date: None words: 104378 flesch: 88 summary: Gordon Makes His Bid for Fortune XI Hazel Mallinsbee's Campaign XII Thinking Hard XIII Slosson Snatches at Opportunity XIV The Reward of Victory XV In Council XVI I have already learned that there are plenty of great men in the world whose existence I had never suspected. keywords: boy; buffalo; carbhoy; cigar; coal; come; dad; david; day; dollars; eyes; face; fall; father; feller; folks; girl; good; gordon; guess; half; hand; hazel; head; horse; know; land; laugh; left; life; mallinsbee; man; millionaire; mind; moment; nature; need; new; office; peter; place; play; point; pretty; railroad; ranch; right; set; sir; slosson; smile; snake; sort; talk; things; thought; time; way; work; world cache: 36170.txt plain text: 36170.txt item: #6 of 17 id: 37249 author: Lynde, Francis title: The City of Numbered Days date: None words: 72893 flesch: 82 summary: I'll tell you, Mr. Brouillard--in confidence. Do you know what I'm thinking about, Mr. Brouillard? keywords: amy; away; bank; brouillard; buckskin; building; business; camp; chigringo; city; company; cortwright; dam; day; desk; end; engineer; eyes; face; father; going; gold; good; government; grislow; half; hands; harlan; head; light; little; love; making; man; massingale; men; mirapolis; miss; money; mountain; new; niquoia; office; people; place; power; railroad; reclamation; service; stock; street; thing; time; town; turn; valley; victor; way; woman; word; work; young cache: 37249.txt plain text: 37249.txt item: #7 of 17 id: 38472 author: Clark, Ellery H. (Ellery Harding) title: The Money Gods date: None words: 54498 flesch: 80 summary: Now, now, Mr. Atherton, he remonstrated, don't be so hasty. You young men, Mr. Atherton, he complained, are all alike. keywords: adventure; atherton; bellingham; blagden; chance; chauffeur; course; day; door; eyes; game; good; half; hamilton; hand; head; left; life; man; market; marshall; mckay; men; mills; mind; moment; money; new; place; right; room; secretary; steel; think; thought; time; tubby; watch; way; world cache: 38472.txt plain text: 38472.txt item: #8 of 17 id: 4020 author: Leacock, Stephen title: Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich date: None words: 67218 flesch: 77 summary: There was, of course, little Mr. Spillikins, with his vacuous face and football hair, who was there, as everybody knew, on account of Dulphemia; and there was old Judge Longerstill, who sat leaning on a gold-headed stick with his head sideways, trying to hear some fraction of what was being said. * * A call for Mr. Tomlinson! keywords: asaph; avenue; bahi; boomer; boulder; brown; business; church; city; club; course; day; dollars; duke; dumfarthing; eyes; face; fact; furlong; fyshe; good; half; hand; head; little; look; man; mausoleum; mcteague; mind; moment; money; morning; mrs; newberry; people; philippa; place; plutoria; president; rasselyer; rector; right; room; skinyer; spillikins; things; think; thought; time; tomlinson; university; way; wizard; yahi cache: 4020.txt plain text: 4020.txt item: #9 of 17 id: 40797 author: Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) title: Mammon and Co. date: None words: 102646 flesch: 83 summary: Stick to that, dear Kit, said Lily. and they had both burst into shrieks of laughter, and discussed the question from every point and wondered how dear Kit took it. keywords: alice; alington; baccarat; business; carmel; comber; conybeare; course; day; dear; dinner; evening; eyes; face; good; half; hand; haslemere; head; hour; house; jack; kit; lady; left; life; lily; london; look; lord; man; mean; mind; mines; moment; money; morning; mother; mrs; murchison; night; people; play; point; pounds; room; round; shares; sort; table; talk; ted; things; think; thought; time; toby; tom; voice; want; way; week; wish; world cache: 40797.txt plain text: 40797.txt item: #10 of 17 id: 40835 author: Le Queux, William title: The Pauper of Park Lane date: None words: 111391 flesch: 83 summary: He saw other men make money in the City by the exercise of shrewdness and commonsense, and he meant to do the same. Other men who live in this street on either side of me have done it to their cost. keywords: adam; barclay; big; brother; business; charlie; course; cunnington; day; doctor; door; doubt; eyes; face; fellow; friend; girl; good; half; hand; house; left; levi; life; london; love; man; marion; master; maud; max; men; millionaire; moment; mr statham; mystery; night; old; park; petrovitch; place; reply; rolfe; room; sam; saw; secret; secretary; servia; statham; stood; street; thought; time; truth; white; woman cache: 40835.txt plain text: 40835.txt item: #11 of 17 id: 41338 author: Herrick, Robert title: The Memoirs of an American Citizen date: None words: 86886 flesch: 90 summary: Old man Rudge came to the door, and when he saw me, he drew back and asked me what my business was. He always dressed much better than most business men of my acquaintance, with a sober good taste. keywords: big; business; carmichael; chicago; city; country; day; dround; eyes; face; going; good; great; hand; harrington; head; home; house; judge; kind; life; look; man; men; mind; money; morning; new; office; people; place; right; room; sarah; slocum; strauss; talk; thing; thought; time; van; want; way; woman; work; world; years; young cache: 41338.txt plain text: 41338.txt item: #12 of 17 id: 44135 author: Huldermann, Bernhard title: Albert Ballin date: None words: 108600 flesch: 55 summary: In fact, after 1901, when the Kaiser had keenly interested himself in the establishment of the Morgan Trust and its connexion with German shipping companies, there was scarcely an important event in the history of the company (such as the extension of its services, the addition of a big new steamer, etc.) which he allowed to pass without a few cordial words of congratulation. Zollverein_, 251 Baden-Powell, General, and the German menace, 138 Bagdad Railway, 189 Baker, B. N., American shipping magnate, 42 comes to Europe, 44 Baker, B. N., discusses terms of community of interest agreement, 42 Balkan States, and Germany, 251 Ballin, Albert, adopts Lord Pirrie's advice, 44 advises peace overtures, 245 after the war problems, 255 agreement with Harland and Wolff, 122 American appreciation of, 308 an English journalist on, 293 ancestry of, 2 and Admiral v. Tirpitz, 237 and Adolph Woermann, 107 and Anglo-German rapprochement, 134 and Carl Laeisz, 294 and Count Tisza, 252 and Count Waldersee, 194 and Government subsidies, 60 and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 69 and Hugo Stinnes, 280 and Mr. Gerard, 246 and labour questions, 297 and politics, 131 and North German Lloyd, 116 and Princess Marie of Denmark, 99 and Reichstag, 279 and submarine warfare, 252, 254 and the Russo-Japanese War, 104 and Union Line, 19 and working classes, 297 and world war, 132 anxiety as to Roumania, 244 article in _Frankfurter Zeitung_ on blockade, 234 as Anglo-German negotiator, 136 as arbitrator, 79 as general representative of Carr Line, 12 as head of Packetfahrt passenger department, 18, 21 at Constitutional Club, 140 at Neues Palais, 204 at the German front, 266 attempts at mediation during war, 233 boldness of, 289 business principle of, 132 capacity for work of, 300 chairman of Pool Conference, 36 complains of German official high-handedness, 232 conducts London emigration discussions, 1898, 38 death of, 286 defends himself, 235 dines with Danish Royal Family, 100 disagrees with use of submarines, 229 discusses Morgan Trust with William II, 53 early biographical details of, 6 education of, 3, 4 establishes German-Japanese Bank, 204 estimates British naval staying-power, 253 Far East investigations, 84 favours peace by compromise, 236 forcing the British Lines, 36 friendliness of William II toward, 206 further reports on Morgan Trust negotiations, 49-50 grave warning in 1918, 279 Hamfelde, his country home, 310 handling of labour troubles, 298-9 his father's death, 5 his life-work, 115 his 1901 trip epitomized, 95 his observation of details, 123 his view on evading war, July 27, 1914, 216 ideal in forming Pool, 66 impressions of Paris after Morocco affair, 181 in London discussing Austrian ultimatum, 215 in Vienna, 1916, 249 Ballin, Albert, intense patriotism of, 291 international services of, vii interview with Bethmann-Hollweg, 152 interview with Grey, Haldane, and Churchill, 215 last diary entry, 286 last meeting with William II, 209, 280 letter from William II, 175 letter to Kiderlen-Wächter, 163 letters to General v. Falkenhayn, 244 made Packetfahrt Director, 27 meets Sir Ernest Cassel, 138 mental versatility of, 2 mission to Vienna, 1915, 242 negotiations with Booth Line on Brazilian trade, 83 notes of conversations with William II, 203 official thanks to, 141 on Agadir incident, 163 on _Blücher_, 60 on death of Edward VII, 160 on engineering problems, 121 on foreign exchange, 274 on _Hohenzollern_, 202 on London in election time, 158 on naval armaments, 147 on neutrals, 245 on peace problems, 239 on sale of confiscated fleet, 230 on Sandjak Railway, 142 on security of William II, 241 on Serbian situation, 214 on war's failures, 258 _et seq._ opinion of German Chancellor, 259 opinion of war's duration, 237 personal characteristics of, 287 pioneer in steerage business, 11 policy of, 79 political views, 291 premier position at twenty-nine, 19 present from Marquis Ito, 311 prodigious memory of, 4 report on British attitude to Germany, 161 report on development of German shipping, 47 reticence of, 3 reviews war position in 1916, 258 ridicules submarine warfare, 268-9 stimulating influences of his life, 2 strain of war on health, 313 sturdy honesty of, 309 suggested as negotiator of peace, 286 suggests Pool, 24 talks with Prince Bülow, 271 talks with William II on submarine war, 248 threatens British traffic, 22 trip round the world, 83 value of wonderful memory, 35 views on character of William II, 285 visits London in 1914, 184 war problems of foreign policy, 241 William II discusses politics with, 203 William II writes to, on Navy Bill, 183 William II's personal interest in, 198 wire from Leopold de Rothschild, 163 with Prince Henry of Prussia on the _Hohenzollern_, 57 with William II at Front, 266 with William II in Italy, 204 with William II on _Kaiser Wilhelm II_, 55 work in _Reichseinkauf_, 224 writes frank letter on war to William II, 1916, 252 _et seq._ writes on Morgan Trust, 46 writes to William II, April, 1917, 264 Bauer, Lieut.-Col., 280 Beck, Edward, 27 Berg, Herr von, 282 _Berliner Tageblatt_ on Anglo-Russian naval agreement, 213 Bernstorff, Count, 264 Bethmann-Hollweg, von, 151, 152, 156, 262, 270, 277 attacked respecting Agadir, 162 on British delegation, 166-7 telegram to Mexico, 271 _Bismarck_, launch of, 202 Bismarck, Prince, 114 Blockade, German, futility of, 267 Blohm and Voss, 113 _Blücher_, Ballin on trial trip, 60 Boer War, European move to stop, 143 lesson of, 139 Bohlen, Krupp v., 282 Bolten, August, 10 British argument against German naval expansion, 133 Cabinet and German naval expansion, 182 confiscation of German merchant fleet, 229 convoys, how they outwitted the Germans, 267 emigration, comparison with German, 15 excitement over Morgan Trust, 60 feeling in Russo-Japanese war, at German attitude, 104 Ludendorff's promise to crush, 266 Navy, Ballin on, 239 opinion on shipping deals, 67 rivalry with Germany, 133 shipbuilding, developments in, and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 128, 208 shipbuilding, German move against, 17 shipping companies, Pierpont Morgan and, 55 shipping lines, and emigration, 7-14; agreement with, 23; join the Continental Pool, 23; offered to German companies, 67 supremacy, Ballin on, 241 Bülow, Prince, 141, 247, 270 Canadian Pacific Railway, 62, 111 Cargo and steerage shipping, 13 Carr, Edward, 12 Carr Line, the, 12 _et seq._ and Packetfahrt, 12 Cassel, Sir Ernest, 134 and Winston Churchill, 165 meets Ballin, 138 on Anglo-German understanding, 165 on naval problem, 179 on Sandjak Railway, 142 report of interview with, on Navy, 171 work for reduction of naval armaments, 134 _et seq._ Cholera, epidemic at Hamburg, 36, 72 Christiansand, port of, 21 Churchill, Mr. Winston, 166 at Kiel, 1914, 192 complains of Germany, 180 Sir Ernest Cassel on, 165 speech on Navy, 175 suggests a naval holiday, 186 Colombo, 86 _Columbia_, 77, 201 Community of interest agreement (_see_ keywords: agreement; american; amerika; ballin; berlin; big; board; britain; british; business; chancellor; companies; company; countries; country; course; day; economic; fact; far; foreign; general; german; government; hamburg; interest; kaiser; letter; life; line; lloyd; london; means; meeting; morgan; naval; navy; negotiations; new; north; number; opinion; packetfahrt; people; place; policy; pool; position; present; question; relations; service; shipping; sir; situation; states; steamers; thought; time; understanding; vessels; view; war; work; world; years cache: 44135.txt plain text: 44135.txt item: #13 of 17 id: 47618 author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) title: At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) date: None words: 66960 flesch: 85 summary: He wanted little Norah Drummond to be his child, and he wanted nothing more. The life which Helen Drummond lived during this winter would be very hard to describe. keywords: bank; burton; business; child; day; drummond; eyes; face; golden; good; haldane; half; hand; heart; helen; house; husband; life; look; man; maurice; mind; moment; money; mother; mrs; norah; painter; people; robert; room; stephen; thought; time; way; wife; world cache: 47618.txt plain text: 47618.txt item: #14 of 17 id: 47620 author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) title: At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3) date: None words: 63683 flesch: 86 summary: And poor little Norah, alone in the Gatehouse, went and poured out her heart to Mr Stephen, who listened to her with a heart which throbbed to every woe of hers. While all this was going on, little Mrs Burton was alone in the ball-room, which was still blazing with lights. keywords: burton; child; clara; dear; drummond; eyes; face; father; golden; good; half; hand; heart; helen; house; life; little; man; maurice; mind; moment; mother; mrs; ned; new; night; norah; people; robert; room; thought; time; way; woman cache: 47620.txt plain text: 47620.txt item: #15 of 17 id: 5119 author: Hornblow, Arthur title: The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life date: None words: 84026 flesch: 79 summary: Then presenting Jefferson to Stott, she said: This is Mr. Jefferson Ryder--Judge Stott. Your engagement to Mr. Jefferson Ryder is, to say the least, a most uncertain fact. keywords: bagley; book; burkett ryder; business; daughter; day; eyes; face; father; girl; good; hand; heart; home; house; interests; jefferson; jefferson ryder; john; john ryder; judge; judge rossmore; kate; letters; life; like; love; man; matter; men; miss; moment; money; mother; mrs; new; people; public; right; roberts; room; rossmore; ryder; secretary; senator; shirley; stott; thought; time; want; way; wife; woman; work; world cache: 5119.txt plain text: 5119.txt item: #16 of 17 id: 5231 author: Trollope, Anthony title: The Way We Live Now date: None words: 357625 flesch: 85 summary: It was at any rate an established fact that Mr. Melmotte had made his wealth in France. There were three or four card-tables in one of the lower rooms, and at one of them sat Lord Alfred Grendall and Mr. Melmotte, with two or three other players, cutting in and out at the end of each rubber. keywords: alfred; answer; ask; brehgert; broune; business; carbury; chapter; city; come; course; crumb; daughter; day; dear; dinner; dolly; door; doubt; evening; face; family; father; felix; felix carbury; fellow; fisker; friend; gentleman; georgiana; girl; going; good; grendall; half; hand; having; head; heart; hetta; home; house; hurtle; john; kind; know; lady carbury; left; letter; life; london; longestaffe; look; lord; love; madame; mamma; man; marie; marie melmotte; matter; mean; melmotte; miles; mind; miss; moment; money; montague; morning; mother; mrs; new; nidderdale; papa; paul; people; pipkin; place; poor; present; property; rate; right; roger; roger carbury; room; round; ruby; sir; sir felix; son; speak; tell; things; thinking; thought; till; time; truth; understand; want; way; wife; woman; words; work; world cache: 5231.txt plain text: 5231.txt item: #17 of 17 id: 61498 author: Jameson, Malcolm title: If You're Smart— date: None words: 5182 flesch: 82 summary: That hoary wisecrack must have been all of three centuries old when Wolf Carmichael pulled it on Dr. Claud Kellog. Doc Kellog knew all that and knew how hopeless his fight was. keywords: carmichael; kellog; money; neville; power; stock; titan; wade; wolf cache: 61498.txt plain text: 61498.txt