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Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Unknown
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ROCKEFELLER, John D., Jr., the little Rockefeller who will have
the fun of spending it. He was a good boy, and told other
young men how fortunate they were in being born poor and all
about the fungus which grows on the root of all evil. Never
knew what a good time he could have with his Dad's coin in
Paris. Ambition: To be like father. Recreation: Sunday
school. Occupation: Forming new trusts and enlarging the old
ones. Clubs: Y. M. C.A.

RODIN, August, a Frenchman who did his utmost to fill European
and American galleries with statues at a price which would have
made Mike Angelo a billionaire.

ROJESVENSKY, Admiral, a great Russian admiral and sea fighter
who gloriously defeated the fishing squadron in the English
Channel. Later hit a snag in the Orient.

ROMEO, Juliet's best fellow, who learned that his road to true
love ended in a cemetery.

ROMULUS, Remus' twin. Collaborated with his brother in home
life and in building Rome.

ROOSEVELT, Theodore, nom de plume, T. R., Teddy, press agent,
The Outlook, "I," traveler, teddy bear manufacturer, lecturer,
interview giver, museum collector, "ME," Guildhall orator,
dee-lighted, "MYSELF," mooser, hunter, band-wagon driver,
band-wagon, Panama canal, rough rider, circus leader, circus,
down-with-rafter, and a former retired and retiring president
of the United States. When a young man he spent his father's
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