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John D. Rockefeller:Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, Excerpt 38

John D. Rockefeller《Random Reminiscences of Men and Events》· Chapter II · Leadership

It was a great thing to be my own employer. Mentally I swelled with pride--a partner in a firm with $4,000 capital! Mr. Clark attended to the buying and selling, and I took charge of the finance and the books. We at once began to do a large business, dealing in carload lots and cargoes of produce. Naturally we soon needed more money to take care of the increasing trade. There was nothing to do but to attempt to borrow from a bank. But would the bank lend to us?

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