The 42nd Parallel

Prince of Peace

Andrew Carnegie

was born in Dunfermline in Scotland,

came over to the States in an immigrant

ship worked as bobbinboy in a textile factory

fired boilers

clerked in a bobbin factory at $2.50 a week

ran round Philadelphia with telegrams as a Western Union messenger

learned the Morse code was telegraph operator on the Pennsy lines

was a military telegraph operator in the Civil War and

always saved his pay;

whenever he had a dollar he invested it.

Andrew Carnegie started out buying Adams Express and Pullman stock when they were in a slump;

he had confidence in railroads,

he had confidence in communications,

he had confidence in transportation,

he believed in iron.

Andrew Carnegie believed in iron, built bridges Bessemer plants blast furnaces rolling mills;

Andrew Carnegie believed in oil;

Andrew Carnegie believed in steel;

always saved his money

whenever he had a million dollars he invested it.

Andrew Carnegie became the richest man in the world

and died.

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Andrew Carnegie gave millions for peace

and libraries and scientific institutes and endowments and thrift

whenever he made a billion dollars he endowed an institution to promote universal peace

always

except in time of war.