text_original: The great private companies, or trusts, as they would be called in the United States, were the creation of an age nearer to our own and of business developments which had not blossomed into full existence, had hardly, indeed, come into existence 186 "THE TRIVIAL ROUND— THE COMMON TASK'* at all during the period pictured in Mr. Ashton's volumes.
text_transcription: THE GREAT PRIVATE COMPANIES OR TRUSTS AS THEY WOULD BE CALLED IN THE UNITED STATES WERE THE CREATION OF AN AGE NEARER TO OUR OWN AND OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAD NOT BLOSSOMED INTO FULL EXISTENCE HAD HARDLY INDEED COME INTO EXISTENCE AT ALL DURING THE PERIOD PICTURED IN MISTER ASHTON'S VOLUMES
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