248 CHRISTIAN ALLHUSEN 



development of his gifts and talents; called 

 almost before he was of age to direct an 

 independent business, thrown upon his own 

 resources, quickened by the spirit of the times 

 and the conditions by which he was surrounded 

 and the men with whom he associated to 

 great and active enterprise in the pursuit of 

 riches; floating his vessel upon the rising tide 

 of a new and lucrative industry; rescuing from 

 ruin a business in which he saw possibilities 

 of great prosperity, and then seizing the 

 most favourable moment to spread all his sail 

 to catch the favouring winds of commercial 

 progress and financial development, he 

 reached the haven of opulence and com- 

 manding social status. 



Born in 1806, making money whilst he 

 was in his teens, he was favoured with a 

 career of exceptional length and opportunity, 

 and in his eighty-fourth year he died a 

 millionaire. 



