What is the main idea of the text?
Explain your reasoning, using at least one quotation from the reading to justify your answer.
Tarbell has a negative view of Rockefeller’s patience. She portrays it as a calculating tool he used to hide his plans and destroy competitors, for example by waiting for the right moment to “crush men who are pursuing legitimate trade” or to seize “that particular invention, plant, or market.”
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