Nor do I admit that we are so small-minded a people as to be jealous of the success of others.

It is the other way about: we are the most extraordinarily ambitious, and the success of one man in any walk of life spurs the others on.

It does not sour them, and it is a libel even to suggest so great a meanness of spirit.
In reading the newspapers, where so much is taken for granted in considering things on a money standard, I think we need some of the sense of humour possessed by an Irish neighbour of mine, who built what we regarded as an extremely ugly house, which stood out in bright colours as we looked from our windows.

My taste in architecture differed so widely from that affected by my Irish friend, that we planted out the view of his house by moving some large trees to the end of our property.

Another neighbour who watched this work going on asked Mr.Foley why Mr.Rockefeller moved all these big trees and cut off the view between the houses.