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Like Carnegie, Rockefeller – raised a Baptist in the evangelical revivals of the mid-nineteenth century – amassed a great wealth by cutthroat ruthlessness and gave much of it away in systematic philanthropy, outdoing the steel magnate at both ends.
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds
A "Pullman Palace Car" does not seem so remarkable in the modern era of business-class air travel, nor an official stenographer in the age of BlackBerrys and cellphones. But for its time, 1890, Carnegie's account of rail travel American-style sounded very impressive and he enjoyed rubbing in U.S. superiority even to admirers like Gladstone, the Grand Old Man of British politics.
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds
Gladstone had no doubt received thousands of letters over the years, Carnegie concluded, "but none written, I venture to say, under such circumstances."
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds
Again the Carnegie story is typical.
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds
On February 7, 1890, Andrew Carnegie addressed a letter to William Ewart Gladstone, formerly Britain's prime minister:
I am traveling homeward from Pittsburgh to New York at a rate of forty miles an hour upon the Pennsylvania Limited. . . . The cars are connected by a covered passage-way, so that we can pass from end to the of the train. The train has a Dining car, its tables beautifully ornamented with flowers, excellent meals provided, fresh cooked on the train, a Ladies' Maid . . . men servants, all the latest daily and weekly papers, bath rooms for ladies and gentlemen, a barber shop, an excellent library, special telegrams of public interest are received as we proceed.
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds
In 1901 he sold his steel business to the banker J. P. Morgan.
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds
According to Carnegie, the capitalist should aim to give away his fortune during his lifetime. He did not quite succeed – $30 million still remained when he died in 1919 – but he had already given away a staggering third of a billion dollars.
"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds