I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good.
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A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast.
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| Birth: | 12th February, 1791 |
| Death: | 4th April, 1883 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Industrialist, Inventor, Philanthropist, President |
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