books.google.co.za - A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every man has his price."...http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Founder_Cecil_Rhodes_and_the_Pursuit.html?id=vgEaW-Gvie4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Founder:Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power