Besides, his insane device for Reimbursing himself appealed to him as good.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Superior industry and attention will enable some factories to make a profit rather beyond the rest; superior capital in others will enable them, without these advantages, to support competition longer, even at a loss, with the hope of driving the smaller capitalists out of the market, and then Reimbursing themselves by an advanced price.
"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures"
Charles Babbage
This was his method of Reimbursing himself for his losses.
"The Fighting Chance"
Robert W. Chambers