"I admire fighting grit, and I want to see you keep hammering away at the work until you win and the job is finished.

The board of directors will stand with me on that, if I can sway them.

As for Mr.Bascomb, you mustn't take him too seriously.

He's a first rate fellow in a lot of ways, but there's no fight in him, and he's a bit close-fisted, too.

As for me, Reade, and as far as I can speak for my fellow directors, go ahead, just the way you've started.
If you can find any way to hammer camp vice harder than you've been hammering it, then go ahead and do some harder work with your little hammer." "I'll do it," promised Tom.