Andrew Carnegie was often noted as saying, “The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”(The American Experience: Andrew Carnegie). Unlike many of the other captains of industry at the time, Carnegie was well known for his numerous contributions to charity. Carnegie believed that the rich had a moral obligation to society. In 1889 he wrote The Gospel of Wealth, in which he said, This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: …showed first 75 words of 877 total…

…showed last 75 words of 877 total…was willing to destroy anyone who got in the way of profit. The only thing that set him apart from other entrepreneurs of the time was his shinny exterior. Many revere Carnegie as a great philanthropist who cared about the less fortunate. However, his biographer Joseph Wall, summed up his egalitarian actions best when he said, “ Maybe with the giving away of his money, he would justify what he had done to get that money.”