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I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.

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
Partner
Partners
Capacity
Art
Become
Work
Men

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