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Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.

Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
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