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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
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john d. rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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