Hear, hear! Not to mention Carnegie's libraries: he felt that a good library was the key to a community's ability to flourish, so offered, if I remember this correctly, a library (building, books and all) to every town of over 5,000 people in the USA. And you can still see them at work and paying social dividends to this day. A wonderful project, by any standard
Thanks for the distinction, Brad. Lawry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brad > McCormick, Ed.D. > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 9:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: The Annals of Philantropy > > > I'm listening to a program about Andrew Carnegie on A&E. > > They just said that when Carnegie became aware that > WWI was about to break out, he went to the German Kaiser > and offered him a blank check if the Kaiser would not > go to war. The Kaiser replied that he admired Carnegie's > gesture, but he had to obey the will of his people. > > If we have to have Robber Barons, let them be > Andrew Carnegies and not Kenneth Lays. > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ >
