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The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress.

Henry Latham Doherty

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Henry Latham Doherty
Age: 68 †
Born: 1870
Born: January 1
Died: 1939
Died: January 1
Financier
Columbus
Ohio
Progress
Retards
Justice
Retard
Rather
Contributes
Business
Liking
Everything
Notions
Play
Notion
Men
Neither
Unless

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