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Excerpt from History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. 3Sage's recusant quality classified him as quite distinc tive among the very rich men Of his time. NO self indulgence for him, no extravagance, no expensive hob bies or splurges. He was a man who displeased his class and violated its canons; to such it seemed that he made wealth odious to the masses by declining to