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 | Andrew Carnegie, an immigrant to the USA, was a man who made a huge amount of money and felt that the rich had an obligation to help develop the nation that allowed him to get rich. | |
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| He endowed hundreds of libraries and other public works. | |
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| He gave away 90+% of his entire fortune which in today's terms amounted to about 4.75 Billion dollars. | |
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| He created endowments for peace and scholarship, heroism, advancement of minorities and public broadcasting. | |
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| He was a hero in the sense that he gave away most of his money to establish many libraries, schools, and universities in America, the UK and other countries, as well as establish a pension fund for former employees. | |
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| His company was involved in one of the most famous union breaking lock outs in which 10 men were killed, hundreds wounded and the state militia were brought in to drive the former workers away. | |
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