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Quotation from Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie
“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.”
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Chapter XIX (Project Gutenberg #17976 (Constable, 1920))
After publishing The Gospel of Wealth, he decides to live by its teaching.
Citation: "I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution." — Andrew Carnegie, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Chapter XIX (Project Gutenberg #17976 (Constable, 1920)). (id autobiography-of-andrew-carnegie-q7)
Virtues: Charity, Magnanimity
Portrait: Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913-crop, Theodore C. Marceau, Public domain.
