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Li/e o/ N. Tatu.
arduous and uphill work for the first ten or
fifteen years. But he had as already observed,
ableco-adjutors and lieutenants who were cap-
able of putting into execution his new ideas.
Everytime that he returned from his travels
to Europe, he brought with him a quiver full
of ideas. His keen and penetrating faculties
of observation were such that he went about
many a manufacturing town with his eyes
open and with a burning desire to learn what
may be useful. It was the same when he
visited Japan. He returned to Bombay brim-
ful of a variety of ideas not only in
reference to cotton spinning and weaving, but
also in respect to agriculture, coal, mining and
so on. It should also be remembered that
during the earlier years of working the mill,
it was not all smooth sailing. Innumerable
were the small difficulties that had cropped up
and which acted on the sensitive mind of
Mr. Tata as so many pin pricks. But all the
troubles began to disappear as experience
was acquired year after year. The financial
success of the mill was assured while Sir
Bejonji had not only strengthened its stability
but had crowned its edifice. It is not sur-
prising that with all this exercise of patience
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arduous and uphill work for the first ten or
fifteen years. But he had as already observed,
ableco-adjutors and lieutenants who were cap-
able of putting into execution his new ideas.
Everytime that he returned from his travels
to Europe, he brought with him a quiver full
of ideas. His keen and penetrating faculties
of observation were such that he went about
many a manufacturing town with his eyes
open and with a burning desire to learn what
may be useful. It was the same when he
visited Japan. He returned to Bombay brim-
ful of a variety of ideas not only in
reference to cotton spinning and weaving, but
also in respect to agriculture, coal, mining and
so on. It should also be remembered that
during the earlier years of working the mill,
it was not all smooth sailing. Innumerable
were the small difficulties that had cropped up
and which acted on the sensitive mind of
Mr. Tata as so many pin pricks. But all the
troubles began to disappear as experience
was acquired year after year. The financial
success of the mill was assured while Sir
Bejonji had not only strengthened its stability
but had crowned its edifice. It is not sur-
prising that with all this exercise of patience
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