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| May 01, 2004 | Day, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2004 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHEN JOHN D ROCKEFELLER died in 1937 he was reputedly the richest man in the world. At his funeral were a huge number of people--family, friends, employees from all his companies and a large contingent from the press. Seeing Rockefeller's chief accountant in the crowd, a young journalist approached him after the funeral.

"Weren't you Mr Rockefeller's accountant?" asked the journalist.

"Yes, I was."

"Tell me--how much did he leave?"

"All Of it."

All of it. We all leave all of it.

RANDAL DOSSETOR OBE DFC was one of those great Australians who fought in the Second World War. Those who carried the burden of at war did ...

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