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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
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
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John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
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John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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