And among these were prejudices.

The more the young engineer talked, the more obstinate appeared the old countryman.
"I raise cattle," he said in final answer to all his eloquence.
"Raise cattle! You can make more by raising coal in one year than you can by raising cattle all your life.

Why, you have the richest mineral country back here almost in the world," said the young diplomat, persuasively.
"And that's the reason I want to keep the railroads out," said the squire, puffing quietly.

"I don't want the Yankees to come down and take it away from us." Rhodes laughed.

"I'd like to see any one take anything from you.