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 64
And as a matter of fact we ran for some time without paying the freight bills . It was simply impossible for the manufacturers of Pittsburgh to pay their accruing liabilities when their customers stopped payment .
And as a matter of fact we ran for some time without paying the freight bills . It was simply impossible for the manufacturers of Pittsburgh to pay their accruing liabilities when their customers stopped payment .
Page 235
It did not matter to the storekeeper whether he gave the farmer tea or coffee , blankets or a hayrake ; nor did it matter what articles he took from the farmer , wheat or corn or potatoes , so he could send them away to the city and get ...
It did not matter to the storekeeper whether he gave the farmer tea or coffee , blankets or a hayrake ; nor did it matter what articles he took from the farmer , wheat or corn or potatoes , so he could send them away to the city and get ...
Page 245
When they talk about fixing a gold value upon silver , she says that she really does not know what she will decide upon in the matter . What she is praying for is that the United States will continue to go deeper and deeper into silver ...
When they talk about fixing a gold value upon silver , she says that she really does not know what she will decide upon in the matter . What she is praying for is that the United States will continue to go deeper and deeper into 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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