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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If you'd only known enough to keep your damned mouth shut- ! " Carnegie got the point of his cousin's story and laughed heartily , but neither then nor ever could he keep his mouth shut . If Carnegie had a busy tongue , he had an ...
If you'd only known enough to keep your damned mouth shut- ! " Carnegie got the point of his cousin's story and laughed heartily , but neither then nor ever could he keep his mouth shut . If Carnegie had a busy tongue , he had an ...
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She is keeping her own counsel ; she is treating the silver - loaded nations with cool politeness in the ... deeper into silver until retreat is impos- sible , and she will keep her old policy , which has made her supreme in finance .
She is keeping her own counsel ; she is treating the silver - loaded nations with cool politeness in the ... deeper into silver until retreat is impos- sible , and she will keep her old policy , which has made her supreme in finance .
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He could have no objec- tion except that this would not tend to keep up the price of his own product , silver . He could not deny that it would give safer money for the people . There is another plea urged on behalf of silver .
He could have no objec- tion except that this would not tend to keep up the price of his own product , silver . He could not deny that it would give safer money for the people . There is another plea urged on behalf of silver .
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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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