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... thousand dollars a year in Galena , but he wanted to live in New York , where five thousand dollars , even at that time , did not go very far . But something was being done by his friends . George W. Jones , proprietor of the New York ...
... thousand dollars a year in Galena , but he wanted to live in New York , where five thousand dollars , even at that time , did not go very far . But something was being done by his friends . George W. Jones , proprietor of the New York ...
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... thousand dollars . " Buck " had already invested one hundred thousand - prob- ably his father - in - law's money - and it was decided that the General should put in a hundred thousand more . Ward agreed to take two hundred thousand ...
... thousand dollars . " Buck " had already invested one hundred thousand - prob- ably his father - in - law's money - and it was decided that the General should put in a hundred thousand more . Ward agreed to take two hundred thousand ...
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... thousand dollars , and that , too , was discounted . • · • Ward was an expert in human avarice . He understood clearly that as long as investors get dividends they have no interest in the source of their prosperity . One of the ...
... thousand dollars , and that , too , was discounted . • · • Ward was an expert in human avarice . He understood clearly that as long as investors get dividends they have no interest in the source of their prosperity . One of the ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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