Samuel Beckman
12/13/2017 09:05:53 am
I thought it was very interesting how Carnegie gave away a lot of his wealth to other people and charity. This leads into question 2 as he did live up to his "gospel of wealth" as gospel was a way of teaching and with charity came Carnegie teaching many of his apprentices about getting rich.
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Georgia Richardson-Smaller
12/13/2017 09:11:13 am
Not only did Carnegie participate in philanthropy, but a lot of other Gilded Age innovators did too.
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Jimmy Malkowski
12/13/2017 01:31:36 pm
A lot of the charities he gave to were libraries which some still stand today.
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Dylan A
12/13/2017 09:10:07 am
2. He started multiple charities and he didn't die super wealthy. He donated to many charities such as hospitals, libraries, etc. Some of those still even stand till this day. So I would say that he did live up to the goal/philosophy that he set for himself.
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Cooper Myers
12/13/2017 09:45:03 am
I agree with your comment, Carnegie was extremely considerate and left an extremely rich legacy.
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Reece Schreckengust
12/13/2017 09:10:29 am
Andrew Carnegie: The Master of Steel
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Rose O'Brien
12/13/2017 09:53:24 am
I found this to be very interesting. He was incredibly successful and wealthy, yet he fought against privilege and did not believe in dying rich.
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Cooper Myers
12/13/2017 09:11:14 am
Andrew Carnegie did live up to his ideals on the gospel of wealth because of his work in business from railroads to steel. He obviously knew how to produce/manage money because he became so successful. He also was a fan of Herbert Spencer because of his ideas on philosophy & how to use money wisely for the better.
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Keegan Seifert
12/13/2017 10:24:20 am
I agree with what you are saying here Cooper, I think he followed the ideas well and proceeded to do that throughout his life.
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Thea Johnson
12/13/2017 09:48:09 am
Response based on question #5
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McKenzie Boyce
12/13/2017 01:42:54 pm
Do you believe that it was a failure, or was it just the outcome of the times?
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Rose O'Brien
12/13/2017 09:51:19 am
Andrew Carnegie grew up in a very poor and radical family. At young age of 13 he and his family moved to America to start a new life. At first he worked very intense laborious jobs, until eventually opportunities began presenting themselves. He proved very quickly to be a smart, determined, and aggressive businessman and entrepreneur. Carnegie soon became "The Master of Steel" and the richest man alive in his time. In the end he donated the vast majority of his wealth due to the interesting and unique fact that he did not believe in dying rich.
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Gabrielle Doughty
12/13/2017 01:53:40 pm
I thought that it was interesting that Carnegie grew up in a poor radical family, especially because as a industrial baron, he was not very good to workers and labor unions.
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Jared Squire
12/13/2017 01:56:50 pm
I thought that his rise from poverty was also very interesting. I think this might have attributed to how he was a philanthropist later in life.
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Keegan Seifert
12/13/2017 09:59:42 am
3. He justified his actions by being quite the philanthropist and by always looking out for the people being taken advantage of that were just factory workers or anything like that. He showed this by never trying to oust his workers or taking advantage of them.
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Kate Ellison
12/13/2017 01:59:09 pm
I agree, I think it's very interesting how, instead of leaving the poor behind and using them to further his brand, often gave back to them as a way to thank them.
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Jimmy Malkowski
12/13/2017 12:41:20 pm
2. Carnegie gave a lot of his money away towards many different organizations. For example, he gave a lot of money towards public libraries and hospitals. Though he made millions through his steel industry, he gave away approximately 90% of his wealth. I think that I would agree that he did live to his own philosophy in terms of money.
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Jackson Shriver
12/13/2017 01:25:21 pm
I agree, I think it was great how he did not follow the social norms of aristocrats, and lived the way he felt right.
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Lily Francis
12/13/2017 07:40:29 pm
I agree, I think it's interesting how although he competed hard and was ruthless when it came to building his steel empire, he gave away most of his money to charities.
Georgia Richardson-Smaller
12/13/2017 01:10:23 pm
3. Carnegie justified his wealth by donating most of his money before he died because he hated the aristocratic privilege.
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Jackson Shriver
12/13/2017 01:24:07 pm
Carnegie was actually a generous person for someone as successful as him. I was surprised how much of his money was distributed to charity and other people. It was really cool how he was against the aristocratic life, when he was in the position to be rich and have that life.
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Marlaina Leo
12/13/2017 01:29:30 pm
Why do you feel he was against the aristocratic life? While he did not "life it up" as many other did during this time, I would not say he was against the aristocratic life as that was the lifestyle he lived.
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Andrew Nowak
12/13/2017 01:47:15 pm
Yea I also like how he wanted to be this normal person but at the same time he was one of the richest in the world.
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Marlaina Leo
12/13/2017 01:26:08 pm
#2) Andrew Carnegie's "gospel of wealth" describes the responsibility of philanthropy for the "self-made man." Personally, I believe Carnegie lived up to this ideal, focusing specifically on Carnegie Mellon University. This was originally a university for Carnegie's steel workers to receive a trade school education. It evolved into Carnegie Institute of Technology and gave an education to the common man in Pittsburgh. Carnegie lived by the quote "my heart is in the work" which became the motto of the school. This school stands today with the name Carnegie Mellon University and is one of the -- if not the best -- STEM universities in the world.
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McKenzie Boyce
12/13/2017 01:40:17 pm
I thought it was really interesting that Carnegie hated the word philanthropy, but was one of the best philanthropist out there and donated about 325 million.
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Andrew Nowak
12/13/2017 01:43:27 pm
I thought it was weird that Carnegie wasn't in the steel business up until his contacts in London. He was mainly a good stockbroker and saw an opportunity.
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Gabrielle Doughty
12/13/2017 01:51:49 pm
#1) The source of Carnegie's contradictions was the change from his upbringing as a child and his working life as a child, as well as the contrast between his religious feelings of guilt over earning money and the want as a child who grew up poor to have money and security.
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Jared Squire
12/13/2017 01:54:02 pm
Although Carnegie was very successful and wealthy and dominated in his field he had an urge to "get out". He was troubled by the bitter industrial warfare. I thought that was very interesting seeing how he was having an inner struggle whether or not to get out.
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Kate Ellison
12/13/2017 01:56:17 pm
Carnegie, before he gained his fortune, had a strong belief that material wealth was not something to be proud of. He often thought that the rich were privileged and selfish, yet he ended up being one of the wealthiest men in the world. I think he tried to justify his actions by donating to charities. Once he obtained his wealth, and became the aristocrat he once despised, I think he saw that it wasn't a sin to be rich, as long as you have empathy for those less fortunate. I don't think he betrayed his morals, but rather he discovered a new perspective.
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Maddie moore
12/13/2017 09:31:35 pm
I agree that it was interesting how he wasn't proud of wealth but ended up being very wealthy. It makes sense that he donated because of his morals.
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Thea Johnson
12/13/2017 09:48:02 pm
It is definitely interesting to look into the major shift that occurred in Carnegie's life from being a part of a poor working-class immigrant family in his younger years to becoming the richest man in the world in his time. As you suggest in your response, I think that this complete change in lifestyle helped contribute to his discovery of a new perspective on material wealth.
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Lily Francis
12/13/2017 08:44:21 pm
4. The money for the libraries and other donated things was obtained through schemes, diligence, and perseverance. The way Carnegie earned his money contrasted a lot with what it could do, they didn't realize the problems and cruelness that went towards earning this money.
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Maddie Moore
12/13/2017 09:30:02 pm
Before Carnegie became the richest man in the world, he was poor. Eventually he grew his steel empire. He was ruthless in his gains to get to the top. Although he was a very wealthy aristocrat, he gave much of his money away to organizations like libraries and schools. It was interesting how he was against materialistic wealth at a young age but ended up being very wealthy.
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Mason Harvath-Gerrans
12/14/2017 07:53:40 am
To lead up from Sam's comment, he also managad to do so especially after he retired from business as a whole, donating the majority of his wealth to said charities and founding educational institutions.
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Jack Quinn
12/14/2017 08:00:57 am
I think that Carnegie exemplify the american dream. He came here poor and with nothing to having everything and being rich.
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Jetal P Patel
12/14/2017 10:04:57 am
Carnegie earned his way to soon become the richest man in the world at one point. Coming from a poor background, he knew that he wanted to give back to the community. He was able to do this by creating several libraries and schools. Carnegie was ruthless when it came to money. He always wanted to win and be the best. You can see this characteristics throughout his life and many businesses that he was apart of.
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Natalie Martinson
12/15/2017 07:00:50 pm
I agree that Carnegie was very determined to become a very powerful man. However, even though he wanted what was best for the lower class, I don't think he always had their best interest in mind when acquiring power.
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Natalie Martinson
12/15/2017 06:54:33 pm
4) Carnegie obtained the money to fund the philanthropies through his quest to gain personal success. Carnegie believed that it was his duty to donate his money back to society. However, he failed to see that the money was taken from the lower class of society in the first place. He was successful because he cut costs, which included the money going toward the lower class. Carnegie believed that this was what had to be done in order to gain success. By donating money to philanthropies, Carnegie was just using his financial power to distribute where he wanted money to go in society.
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