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Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.

James Cash Penney

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James Cash Penney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1875
Born: September 16
Died: 1971
Died: February 12
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Hamilton
Missouri
Effort
Scrubbing
Quality
Corporation
Whether
Floor
Jobs
Corporations
Running
Dignity
Happens
Intelligence
Best
Gives
Giving
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