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 86
Repeated efforts were made to induce me to forego building , until finally I said to President Roberts : " You have just given a rival concern about to build works on your line in Pittsburg an agreement to give them everything you give ...
Repeated efforts were made to induce me to forego building , until finally I said to President Roberts : " You have just given a rival concern about to build works on your line in Pittsburg an agreement to give them everything you give ...
Page 142
As far as my experience of the wealthy extends , it is unnecessary to urge them to give of their superabundance in charity so called . Greater good for the race is to be achieved by inducing them to cease impulsive and injurious giving ...
As far as my experience of the wealthy extends , it is unnecessary to urge them to give of their superabundance in charity so called . Greater good for the race is to be achieved by inducing them to cease impulsive and injurious giving ...
Page 255
When the govern- ment buys silver bullion , it gives its own notes or silver dollars for it . ... Will they give more of these seventy - eight- cent dollars than they would have to give of one - hundred - cent dollars for the same ...
When the govern- ment buys silver bullion , it gives its own notes or silver dollars for it . ... Will they give more of these seventy - eight- cent dollars than they would have to give of one - hundred - cent dollars for the same ...
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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 |
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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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