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To: grundle
I am thankful for being a middle class person today instead of the richest person in the world 200 years ago.

The richest person in the world 200 years ago was probably one of these: Czar Alexander I of Russia, Muhammad Ali, khedive of Egypt, Mahmud II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, or American entrepreneur John Jacob Astor. I wouldn't mind having the power that each of them wielded.

49 posted on 11/22/2017 8:55:06 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

John Jacob Astor went down with the Titanic. All the money in the world didn’t make him less mortal than the rest of the passengers who drowned/froze to death with him.


50 posted on 11/22/2017 9:03:19 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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