The Andrew Carnegie ReaderAn anthology which aims to bring together a representative selection of Carnegie's writings which show him as a shrewd businessman, celebrated philanthropist, champion of democracy and eternal optimist. This collection covers 60 years of the industrial giant's life, from his letters to his cousin, George Lauder, written in 1853, to the final chapter of his autobiography, completed in 1914. |
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that the silver basis would be better for you or for the country ? Impossible . No one dares go so far as this . All that the wildest advocate of the change ventures to say is that he believes that silver could be made as good as gold .
that the silver basis would be better for you or for the country ? Impossible . No one dares go so far as this . All that the wildest advocate of the change ventures to say is that he believes that silver could be made as good as gold .
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Meanwhile the tortoise , as we see , continues moving unceasingly upward , that which is , better than that which has been , and that which is to come , better than that which is . Lovers of progress cannot but hail its ascent as ...
Meanwhile the tortoise , as we see , continues moving unceasingly upward , that which is , better than that which has been , and that which is to come , better than that which is . Lovers of progress cannot but hail its ascent as ...
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The food and clothing of the people are better , hours of labor less , wages , much higher . Free education leaves no child in ignorance ; illiteracy is almost unknown . Carlyle only ventured to imagine a future when every considerable ...
The food and clothing of the people are better , hours of labor less , wages , much higher . Free education leaves no child in ignorance ; illiteracy is almost unknown . Carlyle only ventured to imagine a future when every considerable ...
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Contents
The Making of the SelfMade Man | 1 |
Carnegie at Work Making Money | 29 |
Carnegie at Work Giving Away Money | 125 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Andrew Carnegie Reader Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies Pittsburgh series in social and labor history |
| Author | Andrew Carnegie |
| Editor | Joseph Frazier Wall |
| Contributor | Joseph Frazier Wall |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 082293700X, 9780822937005 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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