Re: “Skull, Bones and Electricity”
On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Carl Remick wrote:
The online site where I found a text of Bartleby has a footnote that (needlessly) describes the estimable John Jacob Astor in these terms: “A poor German immigrant to the United States, Astor (1763-1848) was immensely successful in fur trading and real estate, becoming the richest man of his time. However, his name was synonymous with the worst abuses of big business: monopoly, worker exploitation, and political corruption.”
Ah, but now it’s just synonymous with a stop on the 6 train.
Doug