Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
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Эндрю Карнеги. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
PREFACE
EDITOR'S NOTE
CHAPTER I. PARENTS AND CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II. DUNFERMLINE AND AMERICA
CHAPTER III. PITTSBURGH AND WORK
CHAPTER IV. COLONEL ANDERSON AND BOOKS
CHAPTER V. THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE
CHAPTER VI. RAILROAD SERVICE
CHAPTER VII. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CHAPTER VIII. CIVIL WAR PERIOD
CHAPTER IX. BRIDGE-BUILDING
CHAPTER X. THE IRON WORKS
CHAPTER XI. NEW YORK AS HEADQUARTERS
CHAPTER XII. BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS
CHAPTER XIII. THE AGE OF STEEL
CHAPTER XIV. PARTNERS, BOOKS, AND TRAVEL
CHAPTER XV. COACHING TRIP AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XVI. MILLS AND THE MEN
CHAPTER XVII. THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE
CHAPTER XVIII. PROBLEMS OF LABOR
CHAPTER XIX. THE "GOSPEL OF WEALTH"
CHAPTER XX. EDUCATIONAL AND PENSION FUNDS
CHAPTER XXI. THE PEACE PALACE AND PITTENCRIEFF
CHAPTER XXII. MATHEW ARNOLD AND OTHERS
CHAPTER XXIII. BRITISH POLITICAL LEADERS
CHAPTER XXIV. GLADSTONE AND MORLEY
CHAPTER XXV. HERBERT SPENCER AND HIS DISCIPLE
CHAPTER XXVI. BLAINE AND HARRISON
CHAPTER XXVII. WASHINGTON DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXVIII. HAY AND McKINLEY
CHAPTER XXIX. MEETING THE GERMAN EMPEROR
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THE story of a man's life, especially when it is told by the man himself, should not be interrupted by the hecklings of an editor. He should be allowed to tell the tale in his own way, and enthusiasm, even extravagance in recitation should be received as a part of the story. The quality of the man may underlie exuberance of spirit, as truth may be found in apparent exaggeration. Therefore, in preparing these chapters for publication the editor has done little more than arrange the material chronologically and sequentially so that the narrative might run on unbrokenly to the end. Some footnotes by way of explanation, some illustrations that offer sight-help to the text, have been added; but the narrative is the thing.
This is neither the time nor the place to characterize or eulogize the maker of "this strange eventful history," but perhaps it is worth while to recognize that the history really was eventful. And strange. Nothing stranger ever came out of the Arabian Nights than the story of this poor Scotch boy who came to America and step by step, through many trials and triumphs, became the great steel master, built up a colossal industry, amassed an enormous fortune, and then deliberately and systematically gave away the whole of it for the enlightenment and betterment of mankind. Not only that. He established a gospel of wealth that can be neither ignored nor forgotten, and set a pace in distribution that succeeding millionaires have followed as a precedent. In the course of his career he became a nation-builder, a leader in thought, a writer, a speaker, the friend of workmen, schoolmen, and statesmen, the associate of both the lowly and the lofty. But these were merely interesting happenings in his life as compared with his great inspirations—his distribution of wealth, his passion for world peace, and his love for mankind.
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These political meetings were of frequent occurrence, and, as might be expected, I was as deeply interested as any of the family and attended many. One of my uncles or my father was generally to be heard. I remember one evening my father addressed a large outdoor meeting in the Pends. I had wedged my way in under the legs of the hearers, and at one cheer louder than all the rest I could not restrain my enthusiasm. Looking up to the man under whose legs I had found protection I informed him that was my father speaking. He lifted me on his shoulder and kept me there.
To another meeting I was taken by my father to hear John Bright, who spoke in favor of J.B. Smith as the Liberal candidate for the Stirling Burghs. I made the criticism at home that Mr. Bright did not speak correctly, as he said "men" when he meant "maan." He did not give the broad a we were accustomed to in Scotland. It is not to be wondered at that, nursed amid such surroundings, I developed into a violent young Republican whose motto was "death to privilege." At that time I did not know what privilege meant, but my father did.
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