John Berkeley‚ 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 – 28 August 1678) was an English royalist soldier. Berkeley married Christiana Riccard‚ daughter of Sir Andrew Riccard‚ a wealthy London merchant‚ in the East India Company; she had already been married first to Sir John Geare‚ and subsequently (14 February 1659) to Henry Rich‚ Lord Kensington‚ son of Robert Rich‚ 5th Earl of Warwick. He left three sons‚ each of whom succeeded in his turn to the title‚ and one daughter‚ Anne‚ who married Sir Dudley Cullum
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our children can have a better tomorrow”. Carnegie was a great hero‚ and he did a lot to support his community. Andrew Carnegie was definitely a hero. Of course‚ like any other entrepreneur‚ he had to make sacrifices. Document 6. A workplace with perfect conditions doesn’t exist‚ especially when you work for something as important as steel. Back then‚ of course things would break and injure people. Steel was a new concept to people in America. Carnegie became a bona fide and genuinely rich man
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States‚ the steel business was revolutionized by an American business icon‚ Andrew Carnegie. After growing up in a poor family‚ he used his self-taught knowledge to build wealth using investments to build a foundation of wealth. After coming from a humble background‚ Carnegie established himself as one of the wealthiest businessmen of his time period‚ and one of the most generous philanthropists of history. Carnegie was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ in Scotland. He came from a very modest background
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Micheal Wahba Professor Krista Robertson-Estrada History 7 25 June 2017 His 7 Document 103 Carnegie argued against wasting of useful resources and capital in different forms of irresponsibility spending‚ extravagance other than promotion of the administration of said money. The case of building public institutions wills results to the improvement of the general conditions of the people in general. It is over the course of a particular person’s lifetime and also in connection with the cost of reducing
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Do we truly ever act freely? Is everything we ever do our choice? Or are there other agents acting on those decisions? Baron d’Holbach‚ William James‚ and more argue on if humans act freely or are determined. The difference between the two is significant. What Baron d’Holbach‚ argues on the side of determinism is that everything is caused by a previous event and there (typically) are not any alternative outcomes. On the other hand‚ William James argues that humans act freely in every minute or substantial
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John D. Rockefeller was one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the post-civil war time. Rockefeller’s achievements had the greatest impact for the United States beginning in 1870. John D. Rockefeller moved to Cleveland‚ Ohio as a young boy with his family. As he grew older‚ he decided to create a business in the oil industry. As stated by George Tindall‚ “Rockefeller recognized the potential profits in refining oil‚ and in 1870 he incorporated his various interests‚ naming the enterprise the Standard
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State v. Rockefeller Defense Witness – John D. Rockefeller (Grant)‚ Direct Examination (L. Lily) DE: My name is _____ and I will be conducting the Direct Examination for Defense Witness John D. Rockefeller. Your honor‚ May I proceed? DE: Please state your name. R: John D. Rockefeller. DE: What is your occupation? R: I am the owner of the Standard Oil Company. DE: How did you achieve this position? R: I went into business as a young man and became successful in a partnership with other businessmen
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Andrew Carnegie v. Karl Marx Andrew Carnegie was the epitome of the “self-made man.” Karl Marx has been dubbed “the father of communism.” Carnegie was a capitalist at heart‚ while Marx strongly believed in socialist and communist ideals. These men are clashing opposites‚ yet both men share several points in common. But when it comes to Carnegie’s and Marx’s stances on distribution of wealth and role of government in the economy‚ their views are on both ends of the spectrum. I believe Carnegie’s
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Andrew Carnegie Essay written by aliciareagan@neo.tamu.edu A man of Scotland‚ a distinguished citizen of the United States‚ and a philanthropist devoted to the betterment of the world around him‚ Andrew Carnegie became famous at the turn of the twentieth century and became a real life rags to riches story. Born in Dunfermline‚ Scotland‚ on November 25‚ 1835‚ Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. The son of a hand weaver‚ Carnegie received his only formal education during the short time between
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tried to compete with the wealthier classes to seize their wealth and power; the greater the economical gap between the two opposing classes the fiercer the competition between them. Two highly esteemed and different people‚ Karl Marx and Andrew Carnegie‚ developed their own ideologies to resolve and ease class tension‚ that is‚ whether changes should be imposed on the structure and role of social classes. Another writer‚ Sam Keen illustrates the effect of competition in the extreme. Within their
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