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 246
So , insted of being free from the silver trouble , as Britain is and we should have been , these men have succeeded in unloading upon the govern- ment already three hundred and ninety millions of dollars of their silver , and we are ...
So , insted of being free from the silver trouble , as Britain is and we should have been , these men have succeeded in unloading upon the govern- ment already three hundred and ninety millions of dollars of their silver , and we are ...
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England has three hundred and seventy , Belgium five hundred and seventy- one , Germany two hundred and fifty . A tithe of the cost of maintaining our sway over the Philippines would improve our internal waterways ; build the Nicaragua ...
England has three hundred and seventy , Belgium five hundred and seventy- one , Germany two hundred and fifty . A tithe of the cost of maintaining our sway over the Philippines would improve our internal waterways ; build the Nicaragua ...
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Cruisers , armed and unarmed , swell the number threefold , Britain having two hundred and seventy - three ships of the line built or ordered , with three hundred and eight torpedo boats in addition ; France having one hundred and ...
Cruisers , armed and unarmed , swell the number threefold , Britain having two hundred and seventy - three ships of the line built or ordered , with three hundred and eight torpedo boats in addition ; France having one hundred and ...
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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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