On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Carl Remick wrote:
> The online site where I found a text of Bartleby has a footnote that
> (needlessly) describes the estimable John Jacob Astor in these terms:
> "A poor German immigrant to the United States, Astor (1763-1848) was
> immensely successful in fur trading and real estate, becoming the
> richest man of his time. However, his name was synonymous with the
> worst abuses of big business: monopoly, worker exploitation, and
> political corruption."
Ah, but now it's just synonymous with a stop on the 6 train.
Doug