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A sunny disposition is worth more than [a monetary] fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine.

Andrew Carnegie

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