I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention.
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At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.
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The ground for the factory having been chosen, and a long lease of the premises obtained, I had next to plan the necessary buildings.
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In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.
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I had been working pretty hard up to the time of the trials of the cane press, and felt that I was entitled to a little relaxation.
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Nevertheless, several of my friends have from time to time tried to induce me to write a concise account of my steel invention in my own quiet way.
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