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 85
What I needed for the interview with my former railway associates were the secret rebate rates prevailing elsewhere . Our freight agent Mr. McCague , then a clever young man , obtained these and placed them in my hands in a few days ...
What I needed for the interview with my former railway associates were the secret rebate rates prevailing elsewhere . Our freight agent Mr. McCague , then a clever young man , obtained these and placed them in my hands in a few days ...
Page 229
The Government , through a commit- tee of Parliament , determines whether a proposed line is actually needed , and to settle this point everybody connected with existing transportation facilities in the neighborhood appears before the ...
The Government , through a commit- tee of Parliament , determines whether a proposed line is actually needed , and to settle this point everybody connected with existing transportation facilities in the neighborhood appears before the ...
Page 241
Because the taker is confident that if he really needed the article it- self that it calls for - the gold - he could get it . He is confident also that he will not need the article itself , and why ? Because for what he wishes to buy ...
Because the taker is confident that if he really needed the article it- self that it calls for - the gold - he could get it . He is confident also that he will not need the article itself , and why ? Because for what he wishes to buy ...
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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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