John D. Rockefeller：Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, Excerpt 11

It was to be expected of such a man that he should fulfil his destiny by working out some great problems at a time when most men want to retire to a comfortable life of ease. This would not appeal to my old friend. He undertook, single handed, the task of building up the East Coast of Florida. He was not satisfied to plan a railroad from St. Augustine to Key West--a distance of more than six hundred miles, which would have been regarded as an undertaking large enough for almost any one man--but in addition he has built a chain of superb hotels to induce tourists to go to this newly developed country. Further than this, he has had them conducted with great skill and success.

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