Obstacles

           Theimpedimentsthatcanarisetobaffleagreatandswellingcareerarestrangeandvarious.Insomeinstancesallthecross-wavesoflifemustbecutbythestrongswimmer.Withotherpersonalitiesthereisachance,orforce,thathappilyalliesitselfwiththem;ortheyquiteunconsciouslyallythemselveswithit,andfindthatthereisatidethatbearsthemon.Divinewill?Notnecessarily.Thereisnounderstandingofit.Guardianspirits?Therearemanywhosobelieve,totheirutterundoing.(WitnessMacbeth).Anunconsciousdriftinthedirectionofright,virtue,duty?Thesearebannersofmortalmanufacture.Nothingisproved;allispermitted.

           NotlongafterCowperwood’saccessiontocontrolontheWestSide,forinstance,acontesttookplacebetweenhiscorporationandacitizenbythenameofRedmondPurdyreal-estateinvestor,property-trader,andmoney-lenderwhichsetChicagobytheears.TheLaSalleandWashingtonStreettunnelswerenowinactiveservice,butbecauseofthegreatnorthandsouthareaoftheWestSide,necessitatingthecablingofVanBurenStreetandBlueIslandAvenue,therewasneedofathirdtunnelsomewheresouthofWashingtonStreet,preferablyatVanBurenStreet,becausethebusinessheartwasthusmoredirectlyreached.Cowperwoodwaswillingandanxioustobuildthistunnel,thoughhewaspuzzledhowtosecurefromthecityarightofwayunderVanBurenStreet,whereabridgeloadedwithheavytrafficnowswung.Therewereallsortsofcomplications.

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