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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Page 49
Having begun in one line , resolve to fight it out on that line , to lead in it ; adopt every improvement , have the best machinery , and know the most about it . The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital ...
Having begun in one line , resolve to fight it out on that line , to lead in it ; adopt every improvement , have the best machinery , and know the most about it . The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital ...
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Cost of production should always be the company's greatest concern . The cutting of costs was of far greater importance to achieving success than were either the raising of prices or the distribution of profits .
Cost of production should always be the company's greatest concern . The cutting of costs was of far greater importance to achieving success than were either the raising of prices or the distribution of profits .
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It is , in- deed , greatly to be doubted whether any body of workingmen in the world could today organize and successfully carry on a mining or manufacturing or commercial business in competition with concerns owned by men trained to ...
It is , in- deed , greatly to be doubted whether any body of workingmen in the world could today organize and successfully carry on a mining or manufacturing or commercial business in competition with concerns owned by men trained to ...
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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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