The Gospel of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie · 1901
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About the book
The essay in which the world's richest man declared surplus wealth a trust held for the community, collected with his notes on apprenticeship, labor and trusts. The founding document of modern philanthropy, written between steel deals.
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Part 1 · From bobbin boy to steel master. The first six slides, free.
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Carnegie opens his story with an admission most self-made men would bury: he never wanted to be a businessman. "I should never have selected a business career if I had been permitted to choose." The career chose him.
His father was a master weaver in Dunfermline, Scotland, with four damask looms and apprentices of his own. Then the steam factories came, and hand weaving died. One day the father carried his last finished cloth to the merchant and came home with no more work to do. The boy was about ten, and he resolved that the wolf of poverty would be driven from their door.
So the family sold the looms and sailed for Pittsburgh. The question from then on was plain: "What I could get to do, not what I desired."
Inside the course
15 parts- How I served my apprenticeshipFree above
- The problem of the administration of wealth
- The three ways a fortune can go
- «The man who dies rich dies disgraced»
Questions
Is The Gospel of Wealth free to read in Astra Trainer?
Yes. The full book opens free in the app’s reader, in English and Russian.
What is the short course?
15 short parts that walk through the book’s key ideas in slides, each with a quick quiz. The first six slides are free to try on this page.
Where do I get the app?
Astra Trainer is free on the App Store and Google Play. The Gospel of Wealth is waiting in the app’s library.
