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I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.
Eli Whitney
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Eli Whitney
Age: 59 †
Born: 1765
Born: December 8
Died: 1825
Died: January 8
Engineer
Entrepreneur
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Westboro
Massachusetts
Eli Whitney Jr.
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