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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Thus is the problem of rich and poor to be solved . The laws of accumula- tion will be left free , the laws of distribution free . Individualism will continue , but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor , intrusted for a ...
Thus is the problem of rich and poor to be solved . The laws of accumula- tion will be left free , the laws of distribution free . Individualism will continue , but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor , intrusted for a ...
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not have a degrading , pauperizing tendency upon its recipients , but that his trust shall be so administered as to stimulate the best and most aspiring poor of the community to further efforts for their own improvement .
not have a degrading , pauperizing tendency upon its recipients , but that his trust shall be so administered as to stimulate the best and most aspiring poor of the community to further efforts for their own improvement .
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But is it so very improbable that the next stage of thought is to restore the doctrine in all its pristine purity and force , as being in perfect harmony with sound ideas upon the subject of wealth and poverty , the rich and the poor ...
But is it so very improbable that the next stage of thought is to restore the doctrine in all its pristine purity and force , as being in perfect harmony with sound ideas upon the subject of wealth and poverty , the rich and the poor ...
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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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