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take the plate away apologizing to Franklin that it was a mistake etc. But Franklin retorted. - "No please leave me this porridge this is the food which gives me great strength. As long as I can live on porridge I shall feel strong enough not to be bribed by expensive dinners to accept propositions which I cannot accept". Eastman looked daggers while the others laughed sourly. I elaborated by saying that during my struggling attempts "I had been living on porridge" and if E. ruined me I would return to "porridge" to gain strength and if he 
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drove me out of the paper business, I might be compelled to enter other fields where our interests would conflict "for instance films or other products". (I had developed an excellent film decidedly cheaper and more adaptable than his and I believe that the representatives of the paper manufacturers knew something about it.) At my statement Eastman retorted: "You want to threaten me?" to which I answered, "Mr Eastman you are such a rich man such a powerful man have can a poor insignificant man like myself threaten a large and strong organization like yours? But you may compel me to break into other [[strikethrough]] ones [[/strikethrough]] fields of your company."