On further pressure he said that the treasurer had "a record to know what money comes in."
"You have never seen those books?"
"I do not think I have ever seen those books."
"Has any member of the nine" (trustees) "ever seen those books?"
"I do not know that they have."[719]
Simplicity is said to be always a characteristic of greatness. What could be simpler, and so greater, than this? The elements of success are only—
1. Not to know anything about the business.
2. To keep no books.
3. To have "a record to know what money comes in," and
4. Never to look at it.