The Empire of BusinessCosimo, Inc., 01/03/2007 - 360 من الصفحات One of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history here shares his sensible, sage outlook on the economic affairs of the nation as a whole as it existed at the turn of the 20th century. This collection of essays discusses everything from the most personal aspects of the world of business-such as the virtues of hard work, dedication, thrift, sincerity, and other prudent qualities anyone aiming for success should embrace-to the most fundamental: the "bugaboo of trusts"; the state of the oil and steel industries in the United States; the best uses of tariffs; and more. Gathered from such popular publications of the era as The New York Evening Post, The New York Journal, Macmillan's Magazine, and others, and published in book form in 1902, this is a must-read look into the mind of one of the men who helped create the "American century."Entrepreneur and philanthropist ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) was born in Scotland and emigrated to America as a teenager. His Carnegie Steel Company launched the steel industry in Pittsburgh, and after its sale to J.P. Morgan, he devoted his life to philanthropic causes. His charitable organizations built more than 2,500 public libraries around the world, and gave away more than $350 million during his lifetime. |
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THE COMMON INTEREST OF LABOUR AND CAPITAL | 69 |
THRIFT AS A DUTY | 95 |
How To WIN FORTUNE | 103 |
WEALTH AND ITS USES | 125 |
THE BUGABOO OF TRUSTS | 153 |
ANGLOAMERICAN TRADE RELATIONS | 171 |
STEEL MANUFACTURE IN THE UNITED STATES | 229 |
THE COST OF LIVING IN BRITAIN | 245 |
OIL AND GAS WELLS | 263 |
THE THREE LEGGED STOOL | 285 |
RAILROADS PAST AND PRESENT | 291 |
IRON AND STEEL AT HOME AND ABROAD | 301 |
THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL AND TODAY | 309 |
WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THE TARIFF IF I | 325 |
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الصفحة 98 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
الصفحة 147 - By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
الصفحة 91 - Eight hours to work, eight hours to play, Eight hours to sleep, and eight shillings a day!
الصفحة 276 - In the manufacture of glass, of which there is an immense quantity made- in Pittsburg, I am informed that gas is worth much more than the cost of coal and its handling, because it improves the quality of the product. One firm in Pittsburg is already making plate glass of the largest size, equal to the best imported French glass, and is enabled to do so by this fuel.
الصفحة 111 - ... while the college student has been learning a little about the barbarous and petty squabbles of a far-distant past, or trying to master languages which are dead, such knowledge as seems adapted for life upon another planet than this, as far as business affairs are concerned — the future captain of industry is hotly engaged in the school of experience, obtaining the very knowledge required for his future triumphs.
الصفحة 81 - In my own experience I can say that I have known few young men intended for business who were not injured by a collegiate education. Had they gone into active work during the years spent at college they would have been better educated men in every true sense of that term.
الصفحة 123 - Avenues greater in number, wider in extent, easier of access than ever before existed, stand open to the sober, frugal, energetic and able mechanic, to the educated youth, to the office boy and to the clerk — avenues through which they can reap greater successes than ever before within the reach of these classes in the history of the world.
الصفحة 276 - In the manufacture of iron, and especially in that of steel, the quality is also improved by the pure new fuel. In our steel rail mills we have not used a pound of coal for more than a year, nor in our iron mills for nearly the same period. The change is a startling one.
الصفحة 139 - The bees of a hive do not destroy the honey.making bees, but the drones. It would be a great mistake for the community to shoot the millionaires, for they are the bees that make the most honey, and contribute most to the hive, even after they have gorged themselves full.
الصفحة 19 - The partner's sons will never trouble you much, but look out that some boys poorer, much poorer, than yourselves, whose parents cannot afford to give them any schooling, do not challenge you at the post and pass you at the grand stand.