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If a man can make typewriters better than anyone else, let us, in the name of common sense, keep him on the job of making typewriters.

William Feather

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William Feather
Age: 91 †
Born: 1889
Born: August 25
Died: 1981
Died: January 7
Author
Writer
Jamestown
New York
Jobs
Sense
Typewriters
Keep
Talent
Else
Name
Better
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Make
Anyone
Men
Common
Making

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