I forget who this was, but it is interesting that these are exactly, it seems to me, the character traits celebrated in modern American business:<\/p>\n\n
He was courteous, affable, engaging, eloquent; full of insinuation and address; inexhaustible in his resources; active and enter-prising. But these splendid accomplishments were attended with such defects as rendered them pernicious to his country, and even ruinous to himself: he was volatile, inconstant, faithless, revengeful , malicious: restrained by no principle or duty : insatiable in his pretensions : and whether successful or unfortunate in one enterprise, he immediately undertook another, in which he was never deterred”<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I forget who this was, but it is interesting that these are exactly, it seems to me, the character traits celebrated in modern American business: He was courteous, affable, engaging, eloquent; full of insinuation and address; inexhaustible in his resources; … Continue reading