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I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works.

Charles M. Schwab

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Charles M. Schwab
Age: 77 †
Born: 1862
Born: February 18
Died: 1939
Died: September 19
Businessperson
Engineer
Williamsburg
Pennsylvania
Charles Schwab
Charles Michael Schwab
Dreamed
Steel
Works
Else
Thought
Nothing

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