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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I could memorize anything whether it pleased me or not , but if it did not impress me strongly it passed away in a few hours . One of the trials of my boy's life at school in Dunfermline was committing to memory two double verses of the ...
I could memorize anything whether it pleased me or not , but if it did not impress me strongly it passed away in a few hours . One of the trials of my boy's life at school in Dunfermline was committing to memory two double verses of the ...
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Few days passed in which I did not see in my mind's eye the talismanic letters on the Abbey tower- " King Robert The ... I have referred to that bell in my “ American Four - in - Hand in Britain ” 1 when passing the Abbey and I may as ...
Few days passed in which I did not see in my mind's eye the talismanic letters on the Abbey tower- " King Robert The ... I have referred to that bell in my “ American Four - in - Hand in Britain ” 1 when passing the Abbey and I may as ...
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Many a trainload of iron from the East has passed through the streets of Pittsburg , paying less freight than was charged upon the same articles from Pittsburg to the same points west . The Pennsylvania Railroad had a monopoly of the ...
Many a trainload of iron from the East has passed through the streets of Pittsburg , paying less freight than was charged upon the same articles from Pittsburg to the same points west . The Pennsylvania Railroad had a monopoly of the ...
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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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