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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Even then , and till his last day , the early impressions remain , sometimes for short seasons disappearing perchance , but only apparently driven away or suppressed . They are always rising and coming again to the front to exert their ...
Even then , and till his last day , the early impressions remain , sometimes for short seasons disappearing perchance , but only apparently driven away or suppressed . They are always rising and coming again to the front to exert their ...
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As long as we remain free from distant possessions we are impregnable against serious attack ; yet , it is true , we have to consider what obligations may fall upon us of an international character requiring us to send our forces to ...
As long as we remain free from distant possessions we are impregnable against serious attack ; yet , it is true , we have to consider what obligations may fall upon us of an international character requiring us to send our forces to ...
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... is the foulest blot upon human society , the greatest curse of human life , and that as long as men continue thus to kill one another they have slight claim to rank as civilized , since in this respect they remain savages .
... is the foulest blot upon human society , the greatest curse of human life , and that as long as men continue thus to kill one another they have slight claim to rank as civilized , since in this respect they remain savages .
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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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