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Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.
Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
Business Magnate
Economist
Entrepreneur
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Philanthropist
Endriu Karnegi
A. Carnegie
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Life
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