Posted on 03/11/2025 4:57:37 AM PDT by buwaya
To begin, then, I was born in Dunfermline, in the attic of the small one-story house, corner of Moodie Street and Priory Lane, on the 25th of November, 1835, and, as the saying is, "of poor but honest parents, of good kith and kin." Dunfermline had long been noted as the center of the damask trade in Scotland.[1] My father, William Carnegie, was a damask weaver, the son of Andrew Carnegie after whom I was named.
My Grandfather Carnegie was well known throughout the district for his wit and humor, his genial nature and irrepressible spirits. He was head of the lively ones of his day, and known far and near as the chief of their joyous club—"Patiemuir College." Upon my return to Dunfermline, after an absence of fourteen years, I remember being approached by an old man who had been told that I was the grandson of the "Professor," my grandfather's title among his cronies. He was the very picture of palsied eld;
"His nose and chin they threatened ither." As he tottered across the room toward me and laid his trembling hand upon my head he said: "And ye are the grandson o' Andra Carnegie! Eh, mon, I ha'e seen the day when your grandfaither and I could ha'e hallooed ony reasonable man oot o' his jidgment."
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How woould one go about downloading this book in pdf form...
You can get it in any form, then convert it to your preferred platform via eCalibre.
Although he was perhaps one of the archetypes of the American robber baron of the gilded age, there is irony that he is interred in the same cemetery as labor leader and founder of the AFL, Samuel Gompers. Both are buried in, of all places, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in NY, with a number of other notables, including of course, Washington Irving.
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Built in 1901-03 as the Carnegie Public Library on the site of the former municipal market, at what was then Vancouver’s prime intersection, the building has heritage value as Vancouver’s representative of the approximately 2,500 libraries throughout the English-speaking world (125 in Canada) built with a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, which had been established by American industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie.
Carnegie wanted to extend cultural and educational opportunity to all people, particularly to poor immigrants. The “Carnegie Formula”, by which Carnegie paid capital costs and municipalities were responsible for ongoing operation, was part of a broader belief that educational opportunities should be accessible to all.
I, and many others, have availed ourselves of Mr. Carnegies generous philanthropy.
I used to live next door to the building which was turned into a comunity center.
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In reply to the request “Name 3 famous people, living or dead, with whom you would like to have dinner” - my response is - “St. Francis of Assisi: Winston Churchill and Andrew Carnegie”
It was a grand building
It still is
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