God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God... I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

John D. Rockefeller

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Topic

Charity

Speaker

John D. Rockefeller

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Businessperson

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rockefeller, John Davison. Interviewed by William Hoster. c. 1905.

Current Citation

Rockefeller, John Davison. Quoted in The Rockefellers: An American dynasty, written by Peter Collier and David Horowitz. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, ch. 3.

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The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

William James

Pragmatism

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Topic
Worldview Meaning of life

Author

William James
Source
Pragmatism
Genre
Philosophical speech
Language
English
Time
1906 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.