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Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened.
Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
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