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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Say it boldly , and give your reasons , and thus prove to your em- ployer that , while his thoughts have been engaged upon other matters , you have been studying during hours when perhaps he thought you asleep , how to advance his ...
Say it boldly , and give your reasons , and thus prove to your em- ployer that , while his thoughts have been engaged upon other matters , you have been studying during hours when perhaps he thought you asleep , how to advance his ...
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I thought so well of it that I said : " If you will undertake it , I and my friends will go with you to the extent of $ 5,000,000 , " a prodigious sum then - at least to us . " If you will , then I will put in $ 5,000,000 also ...
I thought so well of it that I said : " If you will undertake it , I and my friends will go with you to the extent of $ 5,000,000 , " a prodigious sum then - at least to us . " If you will , then I will put in $ 5,000,000 also ...
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Cap- tain Peters , of the Carnegie , thought it advisable to test this case and found that the captain of the ill - fated steamer was sailing on the course laid down upon the admiralty map , and was not to blame .
Cap- tain Peters , of the Carnegie , thought it advisable to test this case and found that the captain of the ill - fated steamer was sailing on the course laid down upon the admiralty map , and was not to blame .
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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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