Knowing The American Philanthropist Dream, Benefited Across The Pond.

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Knowing The American Philanthropist Dream, Benefited Across The Pond;

New York may be the home of the famous Concert Hall that carries his name – ‘Carnegie Hall’.

But Andrew Carnegie also reached across the Atlantic, approximately 3336.763 miles, as the crow flies across the pond so to speak and benefited many local people within Tyldesley a little town in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

Tyldesley Library was established in1909 from a generous donation of £4000 from Carnegie.

Thanks to this donation many have reaped the rewards of education and cultural benefits.

Andrew Carnegie in many ways typified the American dream. He began with nothing and used his drive and intelligence to become the world’s richest man. At the height of his power, he sold out his holdings and dedicated his remaining years expending his fortune to aid his fellow man.

Carnegie wrote an article for the North American Review, entitled “The Gospel of Wealth.” He advanced the idea that the rich are merely trustees of wealth and that they have a duty to use their resources to benefit society. He took his admonishment to others to heart and spent the last two decades of his life giving away the great bulk of his fortune.

Carnegie gave away most of his money to establish many libraries, schools, and universities in America, the United Kingdom and other countries, as well as a pension fund for former employees. He was often regarded as the second – richest man in history after John D. Rockerfeller.

“Amazingly!! small world isn’t it?”

Dawn Pugh Expert Therapist.

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