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Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

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James Cash Penney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1875
Born: September 16
Died: 1971
Died: February 12
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Hamilton
Missouri
Improvement
Form
Change
Life
Vital
Logical

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