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, in 1873, decided that the future of business was in steel manufacturing. He built the J. Edgar Thompson Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and set forth the Carnegie empire. In 1901, Carnegie sold his Carnegie Steel Company and faithfully devoted himself to philanthropic accomplishments loyal to his idea that ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... of libraries. Many communities gratefully accepted Carnegie’s generosity, but his actions were met with mixed reviews. The book, Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development by George S. Bobinski shows the impact of his philanthropy and the reaction it received. lived by his philosophy that “The man who dies thus rich, dies disgraced.” He not only wrote these words, but lived by them. “Money can only be the useful drudge of things immeasurably higher tha ....