It was not meteor-like, but accomplished over a quarter of a century by courageous venturing in a field so risky that most large capitalists avoided it, by arduous labors, and by more sagacious and farsighted planning than had been applied to any other American industry.
To nije bio meteorski uspon ,već je postignut za više od četvrt stoljeća hrabrim ulaskom u polje, tako rizično da su ga većina velikih kapitalista nastojala izbjeći, napornim trudom, i s više oštroumnog i dalekovidnog planiranja nego što je bilo primijenjeno u bilo kojoj drugoj američkoj industriji.