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mediocrity was the salvation of him. He excited no one's envy
it was not
even suspected that he was rich till the peril of being rich was over
and all
his intelligence was concentrated
not on political
but on commercial
speculations.
Goriot was an authority second to none on all questions relating to
corn
flour
and middlings"; and the productionstorageand quality of
grain. He could estimate the yield of the harvestand foresee market prices;
he bought his cereals in Sicilyand imported Russian wheat. Any one who
had heard him hold forth on the regulations that control the importation
and exportation of grainwho had seen his grasp of the subjecthis clear
insight into the principles involvedhis appreciation of weak points in the
way that the system workedwould have thought that here was the stuff of
which a minister is made. Patientactiveand perseveringenergetic and
prompt in actionhe surveyed his business horizon with an eagle eye.
Nothing there took him by surprise; he foresaw all thingsknew all that
was happeningand kept his own counsel; he was a diplomatist in his
quick comprehension of a situation; and in the routine of business he was
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