American lawyer, author, clergyman, and educator whose lecture “Acres of Diamonds," which expressed his formula for success, brought him fame and wealth on the Chautauqua circuit.

American financier and fund-raiser for the federal government during the American Civil War.

In 1886 Richard Croker and his successor in 1902, Charles F. Murphy, carried on the facade of making liberal avowals and supporting progressive candidates for the top of the ticket but failed to curb corruption within the administrative machinery.

was a labor organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920.

was an American philanthropist who helped form organizations for the welfare of working women in the United States.

was an American civil engineer who was responsible for much of the railroad construction in the western and southwestern United States during the 19th century.

was an African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.

was an American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. Edison was the quintessential American inventor in the era of Yankee ingenuity

was an American department-store owner whose pioneering activities in retail merchandising were continued and extended into publishing by successive generations of his family.

was a flamboyant American financier, known as the “Barnum of Wall Street,” who joined Jay Gould in securities manipulations and railroad raiding.

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Russell Conway	American lawyer, author, clergyman, and educator whose lecture “Acres of Diamonds," which expressed his formula for success, brought him fame and wealth on the Chautauqua circuit.
Jay Cooke	American financier and fund-raiser for the federal government during the American Civil War.
Richard Croker	In 1886 Richard Croker and his successor in 1902, Charles F. Murphy, carried on the facade of making liberal avowals and supporting progressive candidates for the top of the ticket but failed to curb corruption within the administrative machinery.
Eugene Debs	was a labor organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920.
Grace Hoadley Dodge	was an American philanthropist who helped form organizations for the welfare of working women in the United States.
Grenville Dodge	was an American civil engineer who was responsible for much of the railroad construction in the western and southwestern United States during the 19th century.
Fredrick Douglas	was an African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.
Thomas Edison	was an American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. Edison was the quintessential American inventor in the era of Yankee ingenuity
Marshall Field	was an American department-store owner whose pioneering activities in retail merchandising were continued and extended into publishing by successive generations of his family.
James Fisk	was a flamboyant American financier, known as the “Barnum of Wall Street,” who joined Jay Gould in securities manipulations and railroad raiding.

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