If the present business era can admit that the last one produced a hero, John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) certainly was it. Last week came the last accounting of this unique figure, the filing of the tax appraisal on his estate.
John D. Rockefeller said: "I believe it is a duty for a man to get all the money he honestly can and to give all he can." Just how much Rockefeller did get is unknown, but in his long lifetime he gave $530,000,000 to individuals and institutions and even more to his own...
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