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Senra reads about Andrew Carnegie's rise from a Scottish immigrant to the richest man in the world, and his radical belief that 'the man who dies rich dies disgraced.' Carnegie built U.S. Steel, then gave away 90% of his fortune to libraries, universities, and peace.
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Canon
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Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth: the rich have a moral responsibility to distribute their fortune during their lifetimes. Wealth without the obligation to redistribute it was meaningless to Carnegie.
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Carnegie visited every steelworks in Britain and Europe, studied every manufacturing process, and hired the best engineers. His innovations came from synthesizing what he learned from others' operations.
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