Excerpt from The Life of James J. Hill, Vol. 2
Mr. Morgan never was, pretended or desired to be a practical railroad manager. He was a financier. If he discovered a workable plan for financing the Northern Pacific it would be as worthless as a watch without a mainspring unless two conditions were satisfied. First.
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