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My Life And Work (The Autobiography Of Henry Ford)

by Henry Ford

4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 · rating details · 760 ratings · 69 reviews

"My Life and Work" is the autobiography of Henry Ford. Written in conjunction with Samuel Crowther, "My Life and Work" chronicles the rise and success of one of the greatest American entrepreneurs and businessmen. Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company will forever be identified with early 20th century American industrialism. The innovations to business and direct impact on ...more

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Published January 1st 2007 by Digireads.com (first published January 1st 1922)

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Jul 19, 2013 Rick rated it 5 of 5 stars

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You're reading this book and you just think the whole time "man this guy is so awesome and so smart he rules." And you mention it to someone that you're reading it and they say "he was an anti-semite." And you think "oh he couldn't have been. He goes on and on about the worth of all people and he genuinely seems to care about everyone.' And then there's this one random passage in the last chapter where he basically says something like "I know we get a lot of guff for the jew thing but honestly i ...more

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is all about Henry Ford. Telling the reader about his life as a small children all the way to his successful career in Ford's Motor Company. It is full of information and facts about him and his business. Like when he was 15 he took apart and repaired a hand watch. Also this book has information about when he created his self-propelling engine and his first vehicle the Quaricycle.

I really liked this book about it was full of information about Henry Ford and his life. I think that Henry ...more

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May 10, 2015 TarasProkopyuk rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Жалею, что не прочитал эту книгу намного ранее.

Генри Форд в моих глазах затмил огромную плеяду предпринимателей. Он идеалист, но идеалист с необычайно высокими жизненными ценностями и моралью, и только после этого ещё и величайший предприниматель, реформатор и оптимизатор.

Конечно же идеальных людей не бывает. Это же и касается Форда. Есть некоторые моменты, где автор очень уж перегибает палку, а иногда очень критичен, и навязчив своей идеей. Как по мне главная ошибка Форда это то, что всем людя ...more

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Aug 11, 2014 Eden rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommends it for: Fans of automobile and industrial history, and fans of biographies

Shelves: biography , autobiography-memoir , non-fiction , business-finance , classics , history

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"The natural thing to do is to work - to recognize that prosperity and happiness can be obtained only through honest effort."

My Life and Work is the autobiography of Henry Ford, an industrialist and the founder of Ford Motor Company.

On this book, Ford starts by describing his first meeting with clockworks and automobiles and a little of his story before he founded Ford Motor Company and how he worked to make it start and grow. As the Ford Motor Company become well-established and well-kno ...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Cole rated it 5 of 5 stars

Henry Fords “My life and work” was a great book. It was full of great ideas about business and life. In the book he told some about his childhood and growing up, how he grew up on his family farm but always wanted to implement smarter ideas to make his work easier. He told about his business ideas including ways he cut down weight and save money while creating an overall better product. I would recommend this book to anyone in high school or over looking for a thoughtful read that makes you thin ...more

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May 08, 2014 Anil Swarup rated it 4 of 5 stars

Henry Ford was undoubtedly an "enlightened capitalist". His thinking and philosophy comes out lucidly in his autobiography. He was well ahead of his times and that is why he could innovate and serve. For him, service was the key. For him "Business is a process of give and take, live and let live. It is cooperation among many forces and interest". He hated socialism (read communism as it was emerging in the Soviet Union) yet he believed that "If at any time became a question between lowering wage ...more

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Sep 08, 2012 Aaron Kuehn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Wow.

Released around 1923, except for the prices, this book could have been written yesterday.

Mr. Ford is a character with very stringent and seemingly unbending views and beliefs on life and what is right and what is wrong. He speaks with great authority and makes many sweeping statements that caused me to wonder.

But a great read!

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Sep 10, 2014 Vismay rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I have read books by writers with fanciful imagination. Finally, I got time enough to read one by the author who has always captured people’s fancy and imagination. His accomplishments have inspired many, and we can’t really do without his useful little contraption. A rigorous capitalist who wishes to do a service to his people, Henry Ford is indeed a man of many contradictions (or so it seems to the casual observer!).

I had My Life and Work for quite some time. But being a lazy reader who is co ...more

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Jul 06, 2015 Kannan Ekanath rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is one of the best books I have ever read. Henry Ford has an undying passion, urge to simplify things and is obsessed with quality, minimalism and ethics, the kind of qualities you look for in a role model. In this super-cool business management book Ford explains how he made commercial motor cars at large scale possible, the humongous challenges he faced and a variety of morons he had to deal with.

Ford's take on ideas are amusing. It is the hallmark of an intelligent man when he says "giv This is one of the best books I have ever read. Henry Ford has an undying passion, urge to simplify things and is obsessed with quality, minimalism and ethics, the kind of qualities you look for in a role model. In this super-cool business management book Ford explains how he made commercial motor cars at large scale possible, the humongous challenges he faced and a variety of morons he had to deal with.

Ford's take on ideas are amusing. It is the hallmark of an intelligent man when he says "given a good idea to start with, it is better to concentrate on perfecting it than to hunt around for a new idea. One idea at a time is about as much as any one can handle"

I truly and clearly believe that all men are not equal although there are economic/social policies that advocate the opposite. That we have seen these policies failing in various countries is a different debate however there is a passage which states "There can be no greater absurdity and no greater disservice to humanity in general than to insist that all men are equal. Most certainly all men are not equal, and any democratic conception which strives to make men equal is only an effort to block progress. Men cannot be of equal service. The men of larger ability are less numerous than the men of smaller ability; it is possible for a mass of the smaller men to pull the larger ones down—but in so doing they pull themselves down. It is the larger men who give the leadership to the community and enable the smaller men to live with less effort."

When Ford entered the Motor Car market most cars were bespoke, made to order like a tailored suit. Needless to say this meant huge costs to the customers, lack of post-sales service and poor customer engagement and satisfaction levels. Ford had a vision and he attacked the motor car market with ferocious passion, by optimising the manufacturing workflow of a motor car, eliminating waste, mastering production processes to bring the cost down to an absolute bare minimum. So cheap that every single common man of America could afford it. It would not be an exaggeration if we say one of the most important factors in America's rise to super power is the transport links and Ford and his motor cars are important elements of this transition. And so he says "Making "to order" instead of making in volume is, I suppose, a habit, a tradition, that has descended from the old handicraft days. Ask a hundred people how they want a particular article made. About eighty will not know; they will leave it to you. Fifteen will think that they must say something, while five will really have preferences and reasons. The ninety-five, made up of those who do not know and admit it and the fifteen who do not know but do not admit it, constitute the real market for any product. The five who want something special may or may not be able to pay the price for special work. If they have the price, they can get the work, but they constitute a special and limited market. Of the ninety-five perhaps ten or fifteen will pay a price for quality. Of those remaining, a number will buy solely on price and without regard to quality. Their numbers are thinning with each day."

Throughout the book Ford tackles many topics including addressing disability at the workplace, pay conditions, handling employee unions, placing product and service ahead of profits and economy. It is amazing how all of these are still applicable in the 21st century and how our voracious devouring capitalists need to learn a lot from him. Having also read Steve Jobs biography I can't help but compare that these two man have similar traits, predisposition towards quality and undying passion in what they were working on.

Oh... this book is free of cost so you now have no excuses :)

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Nov 28, 2014 С. Бат-Очир rated it 1 of 5 stars

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Jul 13, 2015 Mathias Meyer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first half of this book was pretty engaging and also very interesting. It talks about how Ford built up his business, his philosophy on building and growing it and his view on the role of the workers. I found this part of the book pretty great to read and learn about the early days of the company.

The second half however, turns into Ford's odd views of society, a business' role in it, argiculture and industrial progress. Some of things they've been doing at Ford sound somewhat noble at the su ...more

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Aug 10, 2015 Chris Brimmer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I believe everything said about the man was true, crank, genius, delusional, visionary. The man was the Elon Musk of his time and thought that his success in manufacturing made him an authority on life in an industrial society in general. Respectful and at the same time paternalistic to his workers, I think he thought the solution to labor and capital relations was to weed out bad employers and bad employees so that the constructive folks could get on with it but without explaining how this coul ...more

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Dec 31, 2014 George Miller rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book requires three ratings: I give the book 5 stars for its historical significance, as it reveals Henry Ford's thinking on many issues; 2 stars for the writing quality, as the book is often verbose and repetitive, and 1 star for the production quality of the book (it appears to printed from very worn plates (lots of partially printed letters and words), which appears to be a UK or Canadian version given the British spellings. To be fair to the publisher Cosimo, it is a printing of an out This book requires three ratings: I give the book 5 stars for its historical significance, as it reveals Henry Ford's thinking on many issues; 2 stars for the writing quality, as the book is often verbose and repetitive, and 1 star for the production quality of the book (it appears to printed from very worn plates (lots of partially printed letters and words), which appears to be a UK or Canadian version given the British spellings. To be fair to the publisher Cosimo, it is a printing of an out of print book.

To fully appreciate this book, one must have an understanding of the history of Henry Ford's life and the Ford Motor Company in the teens and early twenties (the book was written in 1922); I suggest "I Invented the Modern Age" and/or "Henry and Edsel The Creation of the Ford Empire".

Henry viewed all industrial efforts as service to mankind: efficient manufacturing, resource extraction, and agriculture serves mankind by reducing prices, raising wages, and improving the average standard of living. His philosophy is a capitalistic form of populism: he believes that the working man is backbone of commerce, but is against all forms of collective rights, including labor unions. He constantly states his belief that mass production can perfect the world by eliminating poverty for those who are willing to work. Henry's disdain for bankers is evident throughout the book.

The book also contains a good bit of what we now call spin: Henry does not mention his second failed auto company, his dependence on the Dodge Brothers for the majority of the mechanical components of his cars until 1914, and his dependence on Alex Malcomson to capitalize the Ford Motor Co. in 1903. Henry has a partial chapter of gibberish to try to spin his antisemitism. Finally, it is ironic that in the first chapters of the book, Henry spends much ink criticizing businessmen who hold on to the past - the book was published at the peak of Model T production in 1922 when Edsel tried, but failed, to convince Henry that the Model T was obsolete. Model T sales tanked in 1925, as Edsel predicted.

My Life and Work is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the early history of the auto industry. ...more

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Jul 05, 2013 Greg rated it 4 of 5 stars

It's hard not to take up some of Ford's enthusiasm, which spills off onto every page. Further, he professes a better, nobler conception of business than what one often reads nowadays. I could imagine Henry Ford beating up guys like Tim Ferriss who see businesses merely as assets to turn profits for their owners.

And what's more--I believe him. I believe that his system, principles, and values work. He isn't tremendously specific, but I forgive him. He is a man of the old make--he believes that bu ...more

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Nov 04, 2013 Matt McCormick rated it 5 of 5 stars

Although the subtitle of the book is “The Autobiography of Henry Ford” this isn't really an autobiography. It's more of a collection of his thoughts, values and principles for doing business.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It highlights one businessman's relentless drive to drive down prices so that the average consumer could enjoy the fruit of his work. Henry Ford sounds like he was very similar to Sam Walton in that he tried constantly to reduce prices and not settle for the status quo. His th Although the subtitle of the book is “The Autobiography of Henry Ford” this isn't really an autobiography. It's more of a collection of his thoughts, values and principles for doing business.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It highlights one businessman's relentless drive to drive down prices so that the average consumer could enjoy the fruit of his work. Henry Ford sounds like he was very similar to Sam Walton in that he tried constantly to reduce prices and not settle for the status quo. His thoughts about doing business were very valuable to me and caused me to reflect on how I think about business and earning money. Most of the book is a very good guideline that business people should read and think about.

As someone in the IT field, I read a lot about increasing prices. Software is much different from manufacturing because once the product is made, there is very little direct cost of the actual product. It's not like a car where a car obviously has the minimum price of whatever the materials cost that went into it. So this book really helped me to think about pricing and how I want to behave in business.

It is also very motivational as Ford started from humble roots. He had a job and worked on his car in his spare time. He took the risk to venture out on his own fully confident in his ability to make it work. “I always am certain of results. They always come if you work hard enough.”

On the other hand, while reading, it's good to keep in mind that this is only one point of view. Naturally, not everyone agreed with Henry Ford's methods and his business ideals and stubbornness to change did cause Ford challenges later in his life when other companies were gaining market share. He was also anti-semitic.

Whether you agree or disagree with him, this book should give anyone interested in business a lot to think about. ...more

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Apr 07, 2012 L.A.Man rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Все любят цитировать забавную фразу Генри Форда о чёрных автомобилях, однако же в его книге есть и более интересные вещи (опасность!1 многабукав):

"Смирение перед поражением порождает страх. Привычка покоряться неудачам прочно закрепляется у людей, не обладающих дальновидностью и воображением. Они строят планы, охватывающие все от А до Я. На А они терпят неудачу, на Б спотыкаются, а на В наталкиваются на то, что кажется непреодолимой преградой. После этого они отступают и складывают оружие, броса Все любят цитировать забавную фразу Генри Форда о чёрных автомобилях, однако же в его книге есть и более интересные вещи (опасность!1 многабукав):

"Смирение перед поражением порождает страх. Привычка покоряться неудачам прочно закрепляется у людей, не обладающих дальновидностью и воображением. Они строят планы, охватывающие все от А до Я. На А они терпят неудачу, на Б спотыкаются, а на В наталкиваются на то, что кажется непреодолимой преградой. После этого они отступают и складывают оружие, бросая свою затею на полпути. Они даже не удосужились по-настоящему ошибиться; ни разу не позволили мечте по-настоящему сбыться или не сбыться. Просто дали обычным сложностям, неотделимым от всякого начинания, взять над собой верх.

Гораздо больше людей сдавшихся, чем побежденных. И дело не в том, что им не хватает ума, денег, знания, желания – им недостает силы духа и твердости. Грубая, примитивная сила – то, что мы называем «мертвой хваткой», - некоронованная владычица мира стремлений. Люди зачастую ошибаются по поводу некоторых вещей. На их глазах кто-то добивается необычайных успехов, и кажется, что им все далось легко, без усилий. Но это всего лишь кажущаяся видимость. Успех достается дорогой ценой. Потерпеть неудачу легко, а за удачу приходится платить всем, что у тебя есть, и всем, что ты есть сам.

Если человек постоянно боится изменений в экономической ситуации, ему надо так изменить свою жизнь, чтобы не зависеть от этой ситуации. Если человек опасается потери расположения работодателя, ему следует освободиться от любой зависимости от него. Пусть он станет собственным начальником и руководителем. Возможно, он будет не таким хорошим начальником и доходы его будут не такими высокими, но он, по крайней мере, избавится от навязчивого страха, а это дорогого стоит. Что может быть лучше, чем стать свободным человеком там, где ты когда-то потерял свою работу, выиграть битву, после того как ты ее проиграл. И потом ты понимаешь, что внутри тебя плохого было не меньше, чем снаружи, а то, что было плохое внутри, портило все хорошее, что было снаружи.

Человек до сих пор – высшее существо на Земле. Что бы ни произошло, он должен оставаться человеком. Он проходит сквозь череду обстоятельств, как проходит через колебания температуры, - и остается человеком. Если ему удастся поверить в это, в его душе откроются новые, доселе неведанные тайники и сокровища. Вне его самого нет ни богатств, ни безопасности. Избавление от страха приносит и безопасность, и изобилие."

И, с вашего позволения, ещё один отрывок:

"Нам не следует забывать, что, хотя мы и выиграли военные сражения, нам пока не удалось одержать победу над теми, кто их развязывает. Мы должны помнить, что войны - это искусственно смоделированное зло и ведутся они по чёткой схеме. Военная компания ведётся по тем же правилам, что и любая иная. Сначала обрабатываются люди. Умными байками раздувается людское подозрение по отношению к нации, против которой задумывается война. Затем точно так же обрабатывается другая. Для этого нужны лишь сообразительные посредники без стыда и совести да пресса, интересы которой переплетены с интересами тех, кому война принесёт желанную прибыль. Повод же найти не трудно, он отыщется сам собой, если только разжечь обоюдную ненависть наций достаточно сильно.

В каждой стране нашлись люди, ликовавшие, когда началась мировая война, и сожалевшие об её окончании. Сотни состояний закладывались во время гражданской войны и тысячи новых - во время мировой. Никто не станет отрицать, что война - весьма доходный бизнес для тех, кого устраивают такого рода деньги. Война - это денежная оргия, это кровавая оргия." ...more

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Mar 05, 2014 Ben rated it 4 of 5 stars

Interesting memoir.

Ford was very morally conservative, and a titan of industry. But he didn't have the "fuck you, I got mine" mentality of current day baby boomers and republicans. In fact, he seemed more liberal and compassionate than the current day left in his views towards wages, benefits, family, work/life balance, and healthcare.

A good look into the past, and a good guide to running a sane company for the benefit of its works and its customers.

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Jul 11, 2013 James Cage rated it 5 of 5 stars

Greatly enjoyed this book. Clearly written, with insights from a titan of manufacturing. A large section of the book covers Ford's predictions for the future of manufacturing and technology. Had more people listened, America's manufacturing slump in the 70s and 80s might have been completely avoided. His thoughts on success and labor are also valuable. Ford's horrible antisemitic views are only obliquely mentioned in a couple of terse, defensive paragraphs. (He lived to see newsreel footage of w ...more

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Jun 04, 2014 Sourav Sen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Despite giving a good account of business ideas practiced by the great man, that enabled him to break barriers and achieve success, I still feel that the content could have been presented in a better way. There are many instances of technical details being cited excessively, which would perhaps make more sense to the people pursuing similar areas of interest.

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Mar 11, 2015 John rated it 4 of 5 stars

Henry Ford was a brilliant business man and truly understood how free markets should work. This book should be required reading for all business students. I would give the book five stars but there are about two pages that include some anti-semitism that truly tarnish the book.

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Mar 24, 2015 Димитрий rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Биография господина Форда представляется в этой книге как сплошная череда побед.
Скудно описаны годы Великой Депрессии и юношеские годы.
По началу, книга прикидывается поучительной, но при росте капитала автора она все больше переходит в нравоучительную.

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Jan 18, 2015 Abdullah Almuslem rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have just went through a mind of genius... Ford is really true honest man ... He wanted to serve the mankind and elevate the world to a better place! I would of give the book 5 stars but it went slow and a bit details in few chapters.. Yet , the book was very interesting and full of advices , highly recommended

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May 14, 2014 Freicoin rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Create super effective production? Without subsidy of government and credits from a banks? Pay high salary to unskilled workers? Return money to consumers? Revolutionize the industry? Ford made all this. And he described in this book his way to the dream.

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Jan 31, 2014 Jess Sullenberger rated it 3 of 5 stars

an interesting perspective that's relevant to many of the social and economic issues facing society today. There's a lot of interesting theories on optimal organizational management; many of which are not widely adopted and link to the "99%" movement. A must read for any entrepreneur looking to grow his or her business into a sustainable and large presence.

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Jun 03, 2015 Harshavardhan Kadiyala rated it 5 of 5 stars

great book about industrial management collection of some of the excellent ideals about how a successful business should be built from man how changed the fundamental way of mass production

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Sep 07, 2015 Arsen Zahray rated it 2 of 5 stars

While the book certainly contains some interesting ideas, generally it would be better without most of the references to the "social responsibility" and other crap

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Apr 28, 2014 Marek Andreansky rated it 5 of 5 stars

Want to know the fundamental principles of running a business? Then read this book :)

I would also suggest looking at this PBS documentary about Henry Ford after you read the book - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaDpr...

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Jan 05, 2015 Maciej rated it 4 of 5 stars

Bardzo dobra książka jeśli chodzi o zarządzanie przedsiębiorstwem. Mam wrażenie, że w tej materii zrobiliśmy od czasów Forda duży krok wstecz....

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Sep 23, 2010 Joshua added it

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Mostly a rant about how business and industrialization should serve society (with "bonus rants" against the finance industry, war profiteering, and "oriental values"), with some _auto_biographical (pun intended) notes included as an aside. I found the organizational structure of the manufacturing process fascinating, and saw some hints of Buckminster Fuller in the relentless drive to do more with less. Given the dire straights of the American auto industry in recent years, one forgets how revolu ...more

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Feb 07, 2015 Alexander rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What a great book! I really enjoyed reading it. I think I've learnt quite a lot from him about how the business works.

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“I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one...” — 30 likes

“There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail” — 22 likes

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