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stocks in certain business was very smart. He would make offers that no one could resist. Example buying Carnegie steel when everyone thought that he would never sell. I think his strategies were very smart moves and worked very well for him. My impression of him was he would look at things and be able to see the opportunity and that is what made him who he…

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie’s life embodies the true American rags to riches story. Andrew Carnegie was the son of a man with many struggles to find jobs. Due to his father’s struggles, Andrew Carnegie began to work at many different jobs; he worked in two factories before he found a stable job at a railroad company. Andrew Carnegie rose through the ranks at the company until becoming the secretary for the superintendent. His many trips to England brought his eye to steel which would later…

Andrew Carnegie’s American Dream For Andrew Carnegie, the name of the game was profit by any means necessary. Some may consider him an innovative businessman, yet others could call him a ruthless capitalist that would do anything to make a profit. No matter where Carnegie worked he was excellent at running a successful business. A prolific idea engrained in the minds of Americans since the turn of the century is the American Dream (Livesay 1). This vague concept is exemplified by Carnegie’s…

or power.”One of these large business tycoons was John Pierrepont Morgan, he is better known as J.P. Morgan. He was a financial, railroad, and a banking tycoon who sometimes merged with other companies. Such as the time that he merged with Andrew Carnegie and his steel company or the merger that formed Morgan Chase bank. He is well known for helping shape America's business. J.P. Morgan did a lot of good deeds for Americans. For example, he used his influence to stabilize the financial…

Carnegie’s vison was he believed people like him had a duty to spend their money to help the greater good. He thought the rich should spread their wealth responsibly to benefit society while they can. Giving back to the community such as building public libraries to better the community is much more useful and beneficial then a wealthy person spending it foolishly. Rich men was the guardian for people. They have the responsibility to be humanitarian while they alive because if it’s passed down…

Morgan had a considerable impact on the United States. Although he did not have the excessive wealth of John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie, his influence on America was certainly much greater (Wepman 6). According to The Justification of Wall Street, he was the “uncrowned king of finance” (7). As mentioned, he was responsible for the merging of several companies, such as General Electric…

Wealth was written by Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest and most successful industrialists of his time. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and after Industrialism swept his town, his parents were out of work, causing Carnegie’s family to immigrate to the United States. He taught himself how to read at libraries. He then gradually worked his way up through the steel industry to become one of the most successful businessmen and philanthropists of his time. Carnegie wrote The Gospel…

Being part of a library means you spend your time helping others and sharing knowledge for a specific reason requested, whether you are assisting a patron or a colleague. One of the primary goals of being a part of a library, whether it is public, academic, special, or other types, is to be able to freely share information, resources, and access with people across the spectrum, regardless of who they are. In addition to these aspects being a part of our job, we respect the notion of learning and…

Poetry Reading Response: Rickey Laurentiis I had a chance to see Rickey Laurentiis, an Black poet, along with a majority of my classmates at the Madison Public Library in the third floor Community Room. When I arrived, the first thing I noticed was that it was a very packed event; this caught me off guard. There weren’t a lot of seats available so some people had to either stand at the back of the room the entire time or stand outside by the door and listen carefully. Before this gathering,…

At the beginning of the story, the narrator describes the situations in which he met a man named C. Auguste Dupin. Both were searching for the same book at the same library. It was in the Rue Montmartre, in Paris. They became friends and decided to share the expenses of a residence together in Paris. The narrator then illustrates the powers that Dupin possess. They are brilliant powers of analysis. Once a day, the narrator and Dupin read newspaper headlines. They found a headline about a…