Anderson's precious generosity, and it was when reveling in the treasures which he opened to us that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, that it should be used to establish free libraries, that other poor boys might receive opportunities similar to... The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays - Página 28por Andrew Carnegie - 1901 - 305 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1901 - 998 páginas
...My brother and Mr. Phipps, who have been my principal business partners through life, snared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity ; and it was...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. Even this teaching, however, as to how rich men should give is, if anything, less remarkable than what... | |
| Kansas State Historical Society - 1902 - 632 páginas
...treasures which he opened to us that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, it should be used to establish libraries, that other poor boys might receive opportunities...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." •ANDREW CARNEGIE was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, November 25, 1837; came with the family to the... | |
| 1889 - 784 páginas
...shared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity, and it was when revelling in these treasures that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, that it...establish and maintain these as municipal institutions, and whenever the people of any town or city voted to accept the provisions of the act, the authorities... | |
| Albert Shaw - 1895 - 790 páginas
...shared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity, and it was when reveling in these treasiires that I resolved if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." It was this belief in the usefulness of the free library as an educative force in the community which... | |
| William Thomas Stead - 1890 - 766 páginas
...shared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity, and it was when revelling in these treasures that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. Many free libraries have been established in our country, but none that I know of with such wisdom... | |
| Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1896 - 438 páginas
...if ever wealth came to me, that it should be used to establish free libraries, that other poor Ixjys might receive opportunities similar to those for which we were indebted to that noble man." " Uo\v far that little candle throws his beams ! So slimes a good deed in a naughty world." Again Mr.... | |
| 1897 - 568 páginas
...Allegheny, opened his little library of four hundred books to boys. It was when revelling in those treasures that I resolved if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. No millionaire will go far wrong in his search for one of the best forms for the use of his surplus... | |
| John Joseph Ogle - 1897 - 390 páginas
...shared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity ; and it was when revelling in these treasures that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." Mr. Carnegie's gifts to British libraries have been confined to his native country. The principal places... | |
| John Joseph Ogle - 1897 - 372 páginas
...shared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity ; and it was when revelling in these treasures that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." Mr. Carnegie's gifts to British libraries have been confined to his native country. The principal places... | |
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