The Gospel of Wealth

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by  Carnegie A.

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The
of Wealth
Gospel
The
of Wealth
Gospel
And Other
Timely Essays
Andrew Carneg
oie
New York
The Co.
Century
1901
Copyright, 1886, 1889, by ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE.
Copyright, 1889, by LLOYD BRICE.
Copyright, 1898, 1899, by THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Copyright, 1886, by THE FORUM PUBLISHING Co.
Copyright, 1896, by PERRY MASON & CO.
Copyright, 1900, by THE CENTURY Co.
THE DEVINNE PRESS.
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION: How I SERVED MY APPRENTICESHIP vii
THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH 1
THE ADVANTAGES OF POVERTY . . . .47
POPULAR ILLUSIONS ABOUT TRUSTS . . . 85
AN EMPLOYER'S VIEW OF THE LABOR QUESTION . 107
RESULTS OF THE LABOR STRUGGLE . . .
DISTANT POSSESSIONS : THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
AMERICANISM VERSUS IMPERIALISM .... 169
DEMOCRACY IN ENGLAND 209
HOME RULE IN AMERICA 221
DOES AMERICA HATE ENGLAND? .... 251
IMPERIAL FEDERATION 269
The various articles in this volume are reprinted by permission of the
publishers of the periodicals in which they originally appeared. The auto-
biographical fragment which precedes the essays proper was written for
the "Youth's Companion"; the other papers were first published in the
"Century Magazine," the "North American Review," the "Forum," the
" Contemporary Review," the " Fortnightly Review," the " Nineteenth Cen-
tury," and the " Scottish Leader."