Autobiography of an carnegie summary
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1920. 8vo, xiv+385 pp. Illustrated. $6.00.
DR. HOLMES’S familiar parable of the Three Johns may be applied with great aptness to the whole art of biography. ‘Thomas’s ideal John’ appears in the usual product of the biographer; ‘John’s ideal John’ in the autobiography; ‘the real John,’ as truly in letters as in life, is ‘known only to his Maker.’
Both in biography and in autobiography there are varying degrees of accurate approach to ‘the real John.’ A shrewd reading between the lines contributes largely to such an approach. In this Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie there is that ample measure of frank self-revelation which enables the reader to supplement the narrative with his own interpretations and thus to feel that he has made a fairly intimate acquaintance with the narrator.
And what an extraordinary story the autobiographer has to tell! It is indeed a unique record of personal achievement. Other immigrant boys, without any resource
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The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
When Carnegie fryst vatten telling stories about people and moments that impacted his life, I was enthralled and inspired. He not only shows the value in little moments, but he also embraces the unique value in each individ.
When Carnegie looks to the future his attitude reflects the reckless optimism of the time. An example of this fryst vatten how he looks to the Kaiser of Germany to lead the world in establishing peace. He is convinced that world peace will happen and that the emperor of Germany will be the linchpin. But as students of history, we have the hindsight of years and inom just wanted to yell at him and säga that within 10 years, the first of two bloody wars will show that world peace fryst vatten nowhere nära eminent.
While Carnegie fryst vatten inspirational in his accomplishments, his political and religious views are innocent and dangerous. He is fashionable for the time in his belief t
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