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 74
But although this purchase was a mistake , directly considered , it proved , at a subsequent date , a source of great profit because it gave us a furnace small enough for the manufacture of spiegel and , at a later date , of ferro ...
But although this purchase was a mistake , directly considered , it proved , at a subsequent date , a source of great profit because it gave us a furnace small enough for the manufacture of spiegel and , at a later date , of ferro ...
Page 236
This was done , not through any legislation , but simply because experience had proved the necessity for making the one thing serve as " money " which had proved itself best as a basis in paying for a farm or for effecting any exchange ...
This was done , not through any legislation , but simply because experience had proved the necessity for making the one thing serve as " money " which had proved itself best as a basis in paying for a farm or for effecting any exchange ...
Page 240
Every experi- ment of this kind has proved that there can be no money “ made ” where there is not value behind it . ... of this country would not prove an exception to the usual fate of such securi- ties issued during trying times .
Every experi- ment of this kind has proved that there can be no money “ made ” where there is not value behind it . ... of this country would not prove an exception to the usual fate of such securi- ties issued during trying times .
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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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