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There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.

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
Work
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Bethlehem
Men
Steel
Bottom
Begin
Works
Power
Today

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