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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
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Jamestown
New York
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Typewriters
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Talent
Else
Name
Better
Names
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Anyone
Men
Common
Making
Jobs

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