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...victory. Baruch was proud to have been a speculator, but he cringed at the implications the term came to carry. "Modern usage," he noted in a 1957 autobiography, "has made the term 'speculator' a synonym for gambler and plunger. Actually the word comes from the Latin speculari, which means to spy out and observe. I have defined a speculator as a man who observes the future and acts before it occurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE MERITS OF SPECULATION | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

Adhering steadfastly to that law, Baruch quickly made a fortune on Wall Street. "I am a speculator, and I make no apologies for it," he said. "The word comes from the Latin speculari -to observe. I observe." So carefully did he observe that he was able to write in his two-volume autobiography, "At 32, I had $100,000 for every year of my age, and I had it in cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Behind the Legend | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

...days on Wall Street, he used to say: "I am a speculator and make no apologies for it. The word comes from the Latin speculari-to observe. I observe." As mobilizer in World War I, he observed enough to prepare a report on mobilization (American Industry in the War) which might well serve as a text for all future wartime officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: U.S. At War, Jun. 28, 1943 | 6/28/1943 | See Source »

...Baruch was from time to time useful to the Hoover Administration. When Franklin Roosevelt went to Washington, "Bernie" Baruch was slated to be a trusted White House economic observer. "I am a speculator." he said once, "and make no apologies for it. The word comes from the Latin speculari-to observe. I observe." In June 1933, the hawk-eyed financier was around Washington so conspicuously that a friend addressed a telegram to him as "Unofficial President of the U. S." After that his visits to the White House became few and far between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Baruch Back | 10/8/1934 | See Source »

...reform politician. For gambling for gambling's own peculiar thrill he had no love. His speculations were for profit only. More than that he was a speculator on moral principle. His credo: "I am a speculator and make no apologies for it. The word comes from the Latin speculari-to observe. I observe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Baruch Moves Uptown | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

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