A little wit, a little nimbleness, a little luck-time and opportunity--these sometimes availed.
Here he was, through his ambition to get on, and nothing else, coming into contact with the State treasurer and the governor.

They were going to consider his case personally, because he demanded that it be considered--nothing more.

Others more influential than himself had quite as much right to a share, but they didn't take it.

Nerve, ideas, aggressiveness, how these counted when one had luck! He went away thinking how surprised Drexel & Co.

and Cooke & Co.