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"I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have—power."

— Matthew Boulton

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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The surrounding text: — The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have ‘matched his mighty mind’. I shall never forget Mr Bolton’s expression to me: ‘I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have, – POWER.’ He had about seven hundred people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain, and he seemed to be a father to his tribe.

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The surrounding text: — The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have ‘matched his mighty mind’. I shall never forget Mr Bolton’s expression to me: ‘I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have, – POWER.’ He had about seven hundred people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain, and he seemed to be a father to his tribe.