The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays

Andrew Carnegie was one of the wealthiest people to have ever lived.

But by the time he had died he had given away ninety percent of his wealth.

He followed his motto, which he set out in The Gospel of Wealth, “The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced,” through to his end.

Born in Scotland, to a poor weaving household, he emigrated to the United States of America with his family when he was thirteen.