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This Credo is displayed in bronze letters on the wall in the main lobby of the Rockefeller Library. I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. I believe that the ...
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Apr 22, 2013 · Rockefeller’s philanthropy was extensive. As his own personal fortune grew, so did the amount of money he gave to good causes. By the time he was 45 years old, he had given away $100,000 per year. At 53, he hit $1,000,000 per year, and at 80 he gave away $138,000,000. In total, historians estimate that he gave away $550,000,000 which is more ...
John D. Rockefeller had a very unusual childhood. His father, dubbed “Devil Bill,” was a smooth-talking snake oil salesman, while his mother was a very devoted and disciplined Christian who taught John to work, to save, and to give to charities. This often-demonized, so-called Robber Baron reshaped America, creating an industry centered ...
I dropped the worry on the way —. And God was good to me every day. John D. Rockefeller. 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 realized that it was God who had given him the gift to accumulate wealth, however, to him was a curse because he didn’t really know the true purpose of the wealth he had been given by Almighty God. Then he heard his pastor said, “God will give money to you, if He can get it through you.”.
Oct 13, 2013 · Pilgrim Prayers. John Davison Rockefeller was a Christian, an industrialist and a great philanthropist who founded, among other institutions, the University of Chicago and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now known as Rockefeller University) in New York City. Born in 1839 to William and Eliza Rockefeller, John was the second of ...
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Microsoft Word - Phil & City - stapleton-rose. Rockefeller, Religion, and Philanthropy in Gilded Age Cleveland Kenneth W. Rose and Darwin H. Stapleton, Rockefeller Archive Center. Religion is a well-compartmentalized element of modern American history, referred to and recognized as an aspect of culture, and even of politics, but today usually ...
