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While I have endeavored to set forth in their order the dominant facts pertaining to the history of the new-york life insurance company, as seen from the Home Office, I am conscious that the greater part of the work involved in the upbuilding of such an organization, and the greater part of the benefits conferred on the community by its operations, are beyond the power of my pen to describe. The history of a great army can only give an outline of its organization, campaigns, victories and losses; it cannot take account of the toils, the sufferings, the hopes and the fears of the hundred thousand individuals of which the army is com posed. The labors of a large corps of faithful agents during half a cent ury; the motives that have induced the application for over six hundred thousand policies of insurance, each one of which had in view certain benefits to others in the event of the applicant's death while the policy was in force; the benefits actually received by reason of payments aggre gating nearly two hundred million dollars, over half of which was paid in death-claims and endowments - these are the things that can never be described by mortal man, and yet they all belong to the history of the new-york life insurance company.
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While I have endeavored to set forth in their order the dominant facts pertaining to the history of the new-york life insurance company, as seen from the Home Office, I am conscious that the greater part of the work involved in the upbuilding of such an organization, and the greater part of the benefits conferred on the community by its operations, are beyond the power of my pen to describe. The history of a great army can only give an outline of its organization, campaigns, victories and losses; it cannot take account of the toils, the sufferings, the hopes and the fears of the hundred thousand individuals of which the army is com posed. The labors of a large corps of faithful agents during half a cent ury; the motives that have induced the application for over six hundred thousand policies of insurance, each one of which had in view certain benefits to others in the event of the applicant's death while the policy was in force; the benefits actually received by reason of payments aggre gating nearly two hundred million dollars, over half of which was paid in death-claims and endowments - these are the things that can never be described by mortal man, and yet they all belong to the history of the new-york life insurance company.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1528551117
- ISBN 13 9781528551113
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages470
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