I remember in particular an experience when the conservative influence met the progressive--shall I say ?--or the daring side.

At all events, this was the side I represented in this case.
ARGUMENTS VERSUS CAPITAL One of my partners, who had successfully built up a large and prosperous business, was resisting with all his force a plan that some of us favoured, to make some large improvements.

The cost of extending the operations of this enterprise was estimated at quite a sum--three million dollars, I think it was.

We had talked it over and over again, and with several other associates discussed all the pros and cons; and we had used every argument we could command to show why the plan would not only be profitable, but was indeed necessary to maintain the lead we had.

Our old partner was obdurate, he had made up his mind not to yield, and I can see him standing up in his vigorous protest, with his hands in his pockets, his head thrown back, as he shouted "No." It's a pity to get a man into a place in an argument where he is defending a position instead of considering the evidence.