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    Selfish Desires

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    Why do people act upon their selfish desires when it will negatively affect others? When people want something they justify that it is their right to have it and therefore can do what it takes to get it. This is a fact that is shown in the play of Macbeth many times and often explains the horrible actions of some of the characters. He says: “If chance will have me king‚ why‚ chance may crown me without my stir.” This shows that he now knows of his potential to be king which means that he will

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    Henry Clay Frick In this paper I am going to talk about how Henry Clay Frick was an important man to our history and some things that he contributed. Not only was he a successful industrialist‚ but an art patron and a philanthropist. He was one of the most important people that helped put Pittsburgh on the map. It all started in a small town in Westmoreland county called West Overton. He was born in 1849 into a wealthy family not his parents but his grandfather had some money. His grandfather

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    Andrew Carnegie

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    Andrew Carnige is one of the most important historical figures in america. For many reasons including his wealth. He’s know for his numerous donations to society such as the carnigie music hall‚ caringeie melon university and many libriaes across the country. But just because a man donated most of his wealth to charities that benefited the well off? No Andrew carnage used numours dirty tatics to undercut competitors and treated employees like slaves. today we are going to go in depth on many of

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    Andrew Carnegie grew up in Dunfermline‚ Scotland and immigrated along with his family to the United States in the late 1800s. He worked his way up from being a poor Irish immigrant to become one of the most famous industrialists that helped transform the U.S steel industry in the late 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was a hero in many ways. One reason why Andrew Carnegie was a hero was because of his influences on renovating the American steel industry which helped create the U.S a world power. Secondly

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    Andrew Carnegie History

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    Twentieth Century. Because of Andrew Carnegie’s stand against harsh labor‚ expansion of the steel industry‚ and extreme generosity with ongoing philanthropic work‚ history will record him as the most influential person of the Twentieth Century. Carnegie is most widely known for his monopolization of the steel industry. He developed numerous companies to support the need for steel in the developing United States. He foresaw that following the Civil War steel was going to be an important part of

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    George Soros is a famous American Philanthropist with a lot of experience in giving back to the community. He has been able to touch lives of citizens of over 100 countries and keeps on extending his services. He happens to have been the founder of the famous open Society Foundations. The foundation is known to have donated more than $32 billion since years 1970. He has been able to use the funds he gives out towards fighting for democracy and real change in the world. He has been able to fight for

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    Leadership effectiveness report – Andrew Carnegie In this report‚ I will introduce an effective leader -- Andrew Carnegie‚ a famous entrepreneur who led the steel industry to expanse and develop in whole America in the late 19th century. This Scottish-American man achieved in being the richest industrialist in early 20th century by starting his first job as a bobbin factory worker‚ after years of effort‚ he built his Carnegie Steel Company‚ which later on merged with Federal Steel Company and

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    Carnegie Art Award

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    reflection cause by a light. It is important because it shows how good he is with math‚ and good with geometry. What is Nash’s role at Princeton? John Nash is a graduate student. What are the prizes the students talk about? Students talk about the Carnegie Prize. How does Nash relate to the other students? What does he think of them? What do they think of him? What does he do that is inappropriate? John Nash doesn’t like to talk to other students‚ he thinks that he is the smartest out of everybody

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    Life Andrew Carnegie

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    Andrew Carnegie was a man with a strong outlook on how the wealthy should utilize their abundant amounts of cash. Although there were many other ways to dispose of the surplus of cash from the wealthy he favored mainly one. He believed that if the wealthy people in America would spend money through out their life on not only themselves but to also help the communities and charities‚ that they would become more respected through their life and also help America’s economy stay strong There were also

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    Andrew Carnegie Essay

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    Andrew Carnegie was a “prime representative of the industrial age.” Although he exhibited atypical attributes‚ he was more of a typical leader of the time period. He was able to become one of the world’s richest men because of how he produced steel. His mind set and thinking enabled him to be labeled one of a small group of prime representatives of the Industrial Revolution. Others would like to disagree because they believed him to be a selfish and cruel man that only cared for his business and

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