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Under the federal reserve act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figured, a mathematical equation.

Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh
Age: 72 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 4
Died: 1974
Died: August 26
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh
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Chas A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindburgh (misspelling)
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