A Captain of Industry: Being the Story of a Civilized Man
- ISBN-10
- 1493761102
- ISBN-13
- 9781493761104
- Series
- A Captain of Industry
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-14
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Upton Sinclair
Description
Every proverb, every slang phrase and colloquialism, is what one might call a petrified inspiration. Once upon a time it was a living thing, a lightning flash in some man's soul; and now it glides off our tongue without our ever thinking of its meaning. So, when the event transpired which marks the beginning of my story, the newspapers one and all remarked that Robert van Rensselaer was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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