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No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
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Charles Franklin Kettering
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Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.
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