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Success in this operation had been far from certain, but Vanderbilt “was a bold, fearless man,” Wardell later explained, “very much a speculator, understanding all risks and willing to take them.”49 As Vanderbilt’s notoriety as a speculator rose, so would the public’s ambivalence toward him.
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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