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You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs.
J. P. Morgan
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J. P. Morgan
Age: 75 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 17
Died: 1913
Died: March 31
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John Pierpont Morgan
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