Carl Schurz and others, Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz… (1913)
“ If you prefer the one year loan I shall ask you to reduce your note to $5300 which makes the interest the regular 6%. I do not wish to make any money out of you, the principal things I have in view being to help you and at the same time to be well secured in my investments—this because my fortune is very limited and my time for acquiring wealth past. ”
