Take a look at this fellow. He could be a tire salesman or he could be a brain surgeon or he could be a vagabond. What he is, is with us no longer. His name was Robert Wilson, and he was among the first of the hedge fund traders, a man who built up a fortune of 800 million American dollars, gave it all away to charity, and then jumped off a roof in New York two days before Christmas. I refer you to a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson...
This is the Lex Castle, in Sweden. It was built in 1298. Not 1928, but 1298. That was a very remarkable feat, since the first Home Depot was not opened in Sweden until 1299.
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