The public spends its largest money on necessities: on what it can't do without.

It must telegraph; it need not read.

It can read in libraries.

A promising boy such as you are, with his life before him, should choose the right sort of business, not the wrong one." But, as facts proved, the "little wizard of Wall Street" was wrong in his prediction; Edward Bok was not choosing the wrong business.
Years afterward when Edward was cruising up the Hudson with a yachting party one Saturday afternoon, the sight of Jay Gould's mansion, upon approaching Irvington, awakened the desire of the women on board to see his wonderful orchid collection.

Edward explained his previous association with the financier and offered to recall himself to him, if the party wished to take the chance of recognition.