John Moody Quotes

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history.

- John Moody

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Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business. - John Moody

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