William loved the ranch where he spent his summer vacations as a youngster and a youth, playing in the rugged canyons, descending the cliffs and camping in colorful Arab-style tents in the mountains with his family.
威廉热爱这个青年时期渡过暑假的牧场。在崎岖不平的溪谷里游玩,攀登悬崖,和家人一起在山里华美的阿拉伯式的帐篷里野营。
Phoebe was delighted in exposing her darling child to the beauties and wonders of the world and spared no expense doing so. During one of their adventures, an 18-month tour of the historic palaces and castles of Europe, William began a lifelong love of collecting. With his first acquisitions, German picture books, he embarked on a 78-year session of excessive spending. He confessed to a love of the finer things in life and, as he had a bottomless purse, would never deny himself anything he wanted.
菲比很喜欢让她心爱的孩子去认识这个美丽而奇妙的世界,花费多少都无所谓。在一次冒险活动期间,他们用18个月游览了欧洲历史上著名的宫殿和城堡,从那时起威廉开始养成收集的终身爱好。他从最初收集德国的图画书开始,进行了长达78年的超级消费。他承认一生中对精美物品的痴迷和热爱,而且因为有一个用不完的钱包,他对想要的任何东西从不吝惜金钱。
In 1887, while William was at Harvard University, he decided to take over the small newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner, which his father had accepted as payment for a gambling debt several years earlier. George would have preferred that his son be involved in the mining and ranching interests, but William declined this offer and was given ownership of the Examiner in March 1887. He was determined to increase the popularity of the paper and acquire the best equipment and writers available.
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