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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6 The Road to Business Success : A Talk to Young Men — In the late nineteenth century , business schools — or commercial colleges , as many in- stitutions preferred to call themselves were springing up in large cities and smaller towns ...
6 The Road to Business Success : A Talk to Young Men — In the late nineteenth century , business schools — or commercial colleges , as many in- stitutions preferred to call themselves were springing up in large cities and smaller towns ...
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Capitalists trust the saving young man . For every hundred dollars you can produce as the result of hard - won savings , Midas , in search of a part- ner , will lend or credit a thousand ; for every thousand , fifty thousand .
Capitalists trust the saving young man . For every hundred dollars you can produce as the result of hard - won savings , Midas , in search of a part- ner , will lend or credit a thousand ; for every thousand , fifty thousand .
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I congratulate poor young men upon being born to that ancient and honourable degree which renders it necessary that they should devote them- selves to hard work . A basketful of bonds is the heaviest basket a young man ever had to carry ...
I congratulate poor young men upon being born to that ancient and honourable degree which renders it necessary that they should devote them- selves to hard work . A basketful of bonds is the heaviest basket a young man ever had to carry ...
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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 |
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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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