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Mahatma Gandhi once said “Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory”. Dreams inspire us to achieve the impossible, for they can change the world. To exemplify my point, many brave men and women of the past followed their dreams and made them a reality. These dreamers transformed our world and effected change for the better. Nearly three hundred years ago, George Washington forged one of the world’s largest…

venue in New York City. The Notre Dame Choir will perform in a concert at Carnegie Hall in March. While that's a few months away, they're holding a fundraising concert Monday night with some special guests. "They were able to do this because of the fact that they have gotten gold ratings in different compeititions they have done, different festivals that they have gone to in 2015 and 2016," says Susan Tanner, a Library Media Specialst at Notre Dame High School, who works with the choir.…

this inequality and other important social issues. Yet Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest Americans to ever live, offered a unique approach to address inequality, one that had nothing to do with government, and instead explored private philanthropic efforts. In “The Gospel of Wealth,” Carnegie addresses the issue of…

business started. Another millionaire that is pretty important to know is Andrew Carnegie, who never cared for his workers and only cared about the production of his workers. He also was never truthful and was cruel about his words on labor unions. The well known, wealthy business leader, Andrew Carnegie was a “robber baron” because of his lies on labor unions and his careless relationship with his workers. Carnegie never showed his workers the respectful, caring, “good boss”…

Standiford, Les. Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. Les Standiford’s book Meet You in Hell focuses on the relationship between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick and how their partnership affected the steel industry and American unions and politics. Les Standiford is an author and historian who has written many fiction and non-fiction books, including a mystery series and a book on Henry…

Back in spring 2014, after visiting Carnegie Museum of Arts, I have also visited the Carnegie Museum Natural History. I found this museum more interesting than the first one because of the collection of art pieces which gives me very rare experience and so I enjoyed the galleries, photographs and different work of many other artists. It has maintained a great history work and so its importance can be imagined as it is among the top five natural history museums in the world. This is not merely a…

(Carroll, 1979). Andrew Carnegie’s Principle of Wealth Creation Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist and became one of the philanthropist leader in American and British empire. He wrote his views about social responsibilities of business in Triumphant Democracy (1886) and Gospel of Wealth (1889). He talked about two principles of wealth. First is the principle of charity which requires the most fortunate member of society to assist less fortunate. Second is steward principle…

key to success. In 1848, at the age of thirteen, Carnegie immigrated to the United States from Scotland with his family. When him and his family settled in Pennsylvania, Carnegie began to look for jobs. He found a job working in a factory that paid him $1.20 a week. Throughout the years, he changed his job numerous times. By 1853, he was working for Thomas Scott, who was one of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s top officials. During this time, Carnegie started making investments in oil. The money he…

excellent example of a person who lived The American Dream is Andrew Carnegie. He was born in Scotland and belonged to a poor family. Carnegie’s father worked as a weaver for a living, so the effects of the revolutionary affected his family as well. Andrew’s father ended up without a job and to escape the depression in Scotland, they immigrated to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in the year of 1848. By the time they immigrated to Pittsburg, Carnegie was a teen. He was forced to work as a bobbin boy in a…

In 1889 Andrew Carnegie recognized the divide in industrialized America between the rich and the poor, a divide he deemed natural in any economy yet not preferable. Consequently, Carnegie recommended to the wealthy of America a strategy, one that would endeavor to render the gap between the rich and poor smaller, therefore more manageable and beneficial to the state and its people. This strategy proffered the ideal that the wealthy in any society should perpetually be engaged in spending their…