"Mr. Earle derives from his Quaker ancestry the breadth of view that recognizes no monopoly of integrity or weakness in any denomination, and that business ability and character are more valuable, because less easily pretended, than piety."
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From "The Man for the Place." New York Times, 8 September 1906.
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George Howard Earle, Jr.
George H. Earle, Jr. (6 July 1856 – 19 February 1928) was a Philadelphia lawyer and "financial diplomat" who was highly sought after to save ailing corporations from financial ruin.
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