Sublime

Art Williams (the founder of the A.L. Williams Corporation) wrote a little book called “Common Sense: A Simple Approach to Financial Independence”.

The trappers, meanwhile, were unhappy we had usurped their glory with the she-bear and were, I felt, preparing to exhibit rudeness. To thwart this I introduced Charlie and myself, our full names, which silenced them. Now they will hate us ever more virulently, but secretly, I thought.

Even while attention had still been focused on Part III, the jury issue was bubbling up below the surface, and it reinforced the alliance with the South that had already been forged among the western senators by Hells Canyon. A jury trial amendment was part of the South’s price—its rock-bottom, non-negotiable price—for not filibustering. And in its

When Clark died after a short illness in the spring of 1873, his brokers liquidated his UP holdings, causing a sharp price drop. Gould’s broker snapped it up, and Gould unexpectedly found himself in a control position. It was only at that point, he said, that he learned that the road had serious problems, including $5 million in unsecured call debt