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The man who attracts attention is the man who is thinking all the time, and expressing himself in little ways. It is not the man who tries to dazzle his employer by doing the theatrical, the spectacular.

Charles M. Schwab

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Charles M. Schwab
Age: 77 †
Born: 1862
Born: February 18
Died: 1939
Died: September 19
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Williamsburg
Pennsylvania
Charles Schwab
Charles Michael Schwab
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