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Insull was able to weather the investigations and trials of the 1930s with a certain degree of public support because his background was, in many ways, a classic Horatio Alger story of a poor boy rising to wealth. Born and reared in England, Insull was one of eight children. His father was a temperance crusader of modest means. Young Insull briefly attended private school in Oxford with some of England's most privileged children. Teased and slighted by his upper-class schoolmates, Insull embarked on a lifelong drive to earn respectability and wealth. In 1874 the Insull family moved to London, and Insull took work as an office boy. He quickly proved to be diligent and precise in his work habits, learning shorthand after hours and establishing a good reputation as a clerk. In 1879 he began work with the London branch of Thomas Edison's company. He was so successful...
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