The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-19
tP-TOUN ShETCHE!S.
william ~. Vanderbilt.


dividuality Of man worth inward of hundred
millions. the sensation il different. | feel more
timid at this momcu, than used to feel years
ago. when bad to sketch Emporors and KINGS
for knew thatthcy never cad anything. white
my victim II to-day roads every New NOrs
paper. aul. ol course. The SrN hofor" ,li otlHt-
But must overcome this timdty Tor. howe
ever IMPRESSIVE they may be. II urrs arr. after
all but symbols II quantities. not of qualities.
1T u-. tltrn. ti',' % bo'liook at this American
rival OF tle Rp,Hs'hild@. th' Wcstmiu-i'ts. and
the D'mionS and try to make OUT what -Jlt 1f
person ic is.
William H. comes from n crude and hardy
stock. of which his father. tho dcroased Corn
uodorc. wae the most complete imp"r-onation.
Thrrn WIS no nncry about ia = breed. but an
amazing amount Of lDion, business gcnia~
The tall. sturdy image # IN" old Commo'of'
in whom the natural gifts ~ th" whole stock br-
camc concentrated. will live in the memory Of
New Workers. as long rs tie wild ocean sparca
the island they dwell on.
William H. WIS his eldest son and was born
in New Brunswick in the -prngo Of 1s2i Ne is.
accordingly. in his Atty seventh year: hu' he
certainly does not show bus age His En-lieh
looking side whisksrs arr rs dark Ha If th"v
had been fro-hly dyed. and the complexion OF
his face and the m-trc of his eyes rraserv' all
the bloom end vitality which are invariably Sc
cured hy going carly 10 bed and abstaining
from drinking AMI smoking.
His carry raroer we TAR from being all VOL
vet. His fathor az nuttlink mu' Of him. and
did not give him amy olau'e 30 show his ahi-
tics tan ,'ry Into IN lif' J.. Sc most men of
i.sn'rs. tho Commolor. Yves highly ronoeitei.
and took it f1r erontI that moro than q full
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long time before h. triumnNcl over ihi- pre-
conceived notion OF l.ie fstnrr-. m. victory rl-
only the NOR. brilliant To unbound u oa,.-
II ien. To- which hr rll.od IN william Do during
tie last ten or tW I've yeara o- hi5 ifo aus well a-
tho mower with which ho invested him on his
dcrth bed. was an acknowl.d ,rlent " a com
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.J.,instlat few prrsons could be more fiji than
| h.t,, ,,pe eare of th. immense wealth he nm.
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| ability so raro among Americans Of kccpin.
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To William II. Nanderh.t TINS good IN ri
seems to stick still moro ners .s''nty II.
father lost money occasionally. and more ina
once failed III attaining the OBJECT ne hHu
view. though nobody knew OF these failure
! Ion hn never dis Tossed WlW ms ohJ 't WAS u