Carnegie Library, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, C. 1908
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this
photograph?
A "Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest
economies, ... and often there is friction between the employer and the employed."
B "The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap
comforts and luxuries, is
great."
C "The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon
which the aspiring can rise."
D This, then, is the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest,
unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance.