As a matter of fact, the city made them; they didn't make the city." Mr.Haeckelheimer lifted his eyebrows.

He laid two fine white hands, plump and stubby, over the lower buttons of his protuberant waistcoat.
"Public favor is a great factor in all these enterprises," he almost sighed.

"As you know, part of a man's resources lies in his ability to avoid stirring up opposition.

It may be that Mr.Cowperwood is strong enough to overcome all that.

I don't know.