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Page 264
... John Jacob Astor had a vision — a vision of the New York as we know it today . He looked out over the old Dutch Farms and saw their acres cut with streets , their fields built over with great build- ings . And he decided to buy up the ...
... John Jacob Astor had a vision — a vision of the New York as we know it today . He looked out over the old Dutch Farms and saw their acres cut with streets , their fields built over with great build- ings . And he decided to buy up the ...
Page 266
... Astor allowed to lie idle . He made it a rule , followed in a measure to this day by the executive heads of the ... John Jacob Astor collected rents , and as leases ran out , be- came the owner of buildings that didn't cost him a cent ...
... Astor allowed to lie idle . He made it a rule , followed in a measure to this day by the executive heads of the ... John Jacob Astor collected rents , and as leases ran out , be- came the owner of buildings that didn't cost him a cent ...
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... John Jacob Astor , we are told , had invested at compound interest in a bank the money which he invested in land , the normal interest rate would have made that investment greater than the present fortune in land . That may be true ...
... John Jacob Astor , we are told , had invested at compound interest in a bank the money which he invested in land , the normal interest rate would have made that investment greater than the present fortune in land . That may be true ...
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The Evolution of the Modern Means of War | 3 |
The Diplomat and War | 17 |
How Armaments Make for War | 43 |
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