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examining our books and our business kept on growing and growing and every day we rejoiced in the delay which simply added so much more profits In order to prevent stoppage in our plans of additional construction we were also allowed to spend a sum not over $100000 within this period, for construction work, and which would be credited to us.
One day I got word Eastman had accepted and was willig to pay the cash, but asked that if I did  not join their staff and stay with
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the company I must sign a contract whereby for twenty years I would not form any enterprise competing with Eastman nor do anything in photo chemistry. - I was glad to get out of this branch which formerly when I was an amateur photographer was a delight which later on developed in a bore, when it became commercialism with all its soul-deadening phases. I got my share after paying my debts and interest to Jacobi I had about 215000$ left net, and felt very rich and independent and resolved to live within my income