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 69
He had not a particle of mechanical knowl- edge , and yet such was his unflagging zeal and industry for the interests of his employer that he soon became marked for being everywhere about the mill , knowing everything , and attending to ...
He had not a particle of mechanical knowl- edge , and yet such was his unflagging zeal and industry for the interests of his employer that he soon became marked for being everywhere about the mill , knowing everything , and attending to ...
Page 72
In later years he declined an interest in the firm which would have made him a millionaire . I told him one day that some of the young men who had been given an interest were now making much more than he was and we had voted to make him ...
In later years he declined an interest in the firm which would have made him a millionaire . I told him one day that some of the young men who had been given an interest were now making much more than he was and we had voted to make him ...
Page 132
Such men become interested in firms or corporations using millions ; and , estimating only simple interest to be made upon the capital invested , it is inevitable that their income must exceed their expenditure and that they must ...
Such men become interested in firms or corporations using millions ; and , estimating only simple interest to be made upon the capital invested , it is inevitable that their income must exceed their expenditure and that they must ...
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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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