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In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.

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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
Business Magnate
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Endriu Karnegi
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