 ... or it would be like placing a man at the helm to pilot a vessel over quicksands, and through a reef of rocks, who knew nothing of a seafaring life, but was fond of contemplating the grandeur of the elements. The manager of a joint-stock bank ought...  The Philosophy of Joint Stock Banking - Page 36by G. M. Bell - 1840 - 105 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1850 - 736 pages
...sea-faring life, but was fond of contemplating the grandeur of the elements. The manager of a Joint-Stock Bank ought to be chosen exclusively for his experience...in choosing a person to act as manager of a bank. These quotations are sufficient to show that Mr. Bell's literary attainments have not rendered him... | |
 | Commerce - 1850 - 712 pages
...sea-faring life, but was fond of contemplating the grandeur of the elements. The manager of a Joint-Stock Bank ought to be chosen exclusively for his experience...in choosing a person to act as manager of a bank. These quotations are sufficient to show that Mr. Bell's literary attainments have not rendered him... | |
 | Commerce - 1850 - 718 pages
...elementa. The manager of a Joint-Stock Bank ought to be clioecn exclusively for his experience in bunking; other qualifications are well enough in their own...in choosing a person to act as manager of a bank. These quotations are sufficient to show that Mr. Bell's literary attainments have not rendered him... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1856 - 388 pages
...seafaring life, but was fond of contemplating the grandeur of the elements. The manager of a joint-stock bank ought to be chosen exclusively for his experience...of a life of toil and drudgery; and thus merit is patronised and protected. In a well-regulated office no one will be promoted over the head of another,... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1871 - 678 pages
...seafaring life, but was fond of contemplating the grandeur of the elements. The manager of a joint-stock bank ought to be chosen exclusively for his experience...of a life of toil and drudgery ; and thus merit is patronised aud protected. In a well-regulated office no one will be promoted over the head of another,... | |
 | Banks and banking - 1853 - 1008 pages
...joint-stock bank ought to be chosen exclusively for his experience in banking ; other qualifications arc well enough in their own place, but ought never to...consideration in choosing a person to act as manager ot a baiii." The most important, perhaps, of the parliamentary committees connected with banking, was... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1999 - 674 pages
...life, but was fond of • contemplating the grandeur of the elements. The manager of a joint-stock bank ought to be chosen exclusively for his experience...of a life of toil and drudgery ; and thus merit is patronised and protected. In a well-regulated office no one will be promoted over the head of another,... | |
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