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 111
It is another convincing proof , if further proof were necessary , that whenever the peace of this country is seriously threatened , the masses of men , not only in the professions and in the educated classes , but down to and through ...
It is another convincing proof , if further proof were necessary , that whenever the peace of this country is seriously threatened , the masses of men , not only in the professions and in the educated classes , but down to and through ...
Page 137
Even the poorest can be made to see this , and to agree that great sums gathered by some of their fellow - citizens and spent for public purposes , from which the masses reap the principal bene- fit , are more valuable to them than if ...
Even the poorest can be made to see this , and to agree that great sums gathered by some of their fellow - citizens and spent for public purposes , from which the masses reap the principal bene- fit , are more valuable to them than if ...
Page 270
Power is now in the hands of the masses wherever the English language is spoken . Never have the masses made such rapid and substantial progress as in recent years , and never were there within their reach in Britain so many far ...
Power is now in the hands of the masses wherever the English language is spoken . Never have the masses made such rapid and substantial progress as in recent years , and never were there within their reach in Britain so many far ...
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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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