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It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
George Washington Carver
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George Washington Carver
Age: 79 †
Born: 1864
Born: January 1
Died: 1943
Died: January 5
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