Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by George Francis Train

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American entrepreneur George Francis Train.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
George Francis Train

George Francis Train was an American entrepreneur who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also organized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier in the United States in 1864 to construct the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and a horse tramway company in England while there during the American Civil War.

The great Pacific Railway is commenced... Immigration will soon pour into these valleys. Ten millions of emigrants will settle in this golden land in twenty years... This is the grandest enterprise under God!
Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:โ€“ And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.
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