Man must have an idol — the amassing of wealth is one of the worst species of idolatry — no idol more debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately; therefore should I be careful to choose that life which will be... Robert Bacon: Life and Letters - Page 80by James Brown Scott, Robert Bacon - 1923 - 459 pagesFull view - About this book
| Andrew Carnegie, John Charles Van Dyke - 1920 - 472 pages
...species of idolatry — no idol more debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately; therefore should I be careful to...thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest time, must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery. I will resign business at thirty-five,... | |
| Pan American Union - 1936 - 1148 pages
...species of idolatry — -no idol more debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately; therefore should I be careful to...thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest time, must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery. I will resign business at thirty-five,... | |
| Julia Vitullo-Martin, J. Robert Moskin - 1994 - 402 pages
...bull by the teeth." SAM GOLDWYN, film producer (Marx, Goldwyn, p. 187) "Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately; therefore should I be careful to...which will be the most elevating in its character." ANDREW CARNEGIE, industrialist and philanthropist, in his diary (quoted in Josephson, The Robber Barons,... | |
| Albert William Levi - 1995 - 188 pages
...species of idolatry— no idol more debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately: therefore should I be careful to...thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest time, must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery." The resolve of December 1868... | |
| David E. Shi - 2001 - 354 pages
...debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately; therefore I should be careful to choose that life which will be the most...thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest time, must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery. Carnegie was aware of the historical... | |
| Liah Greenfeld - 2009 - 566 pages
...thirty-three far more than adequate, writing despondently: "Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately ... To continue much longer overwhelmed by business cares...thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest time, must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery. I will resign business at thirty-five."... | |
| Richard S. Gilbert - 2001 - 236 pages
...HOMO SPIRITUS? A young Andrew Carnegie wrote in a memo to himself in 1 868, "To continue much longer with most of my thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest possible time, must degrade me beyond hopes of permanent recovery." His self-reflection... | |
| Tim Kasser - 2003 - 172 pages
...personal beliefs? What happens to the quality of our lives when we value materialism? Personal Weil-Being To continue much longer overwhelmed by business cares...with most of my thoughts wholly upon the way to make money in the shortest time must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery. — Andrew Carnegie'... | |
| Peter J. Gomes - 2009 - 386 pages
...debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately, therefore I should be careful to choose that life which will be the most elevating in its character. Anticipating the problem of giving it all away to suitable causes, Carnegie made for himself and for... | |
| Laura Bufano Edge - 2004 - 140 pages
...species of [idol worship]. No idol more debasing than the worship of money. Whatever I engage in I must push inordinately therefore] should I be careful to...thoughts wholly upon the way to make more money in the shortest time, must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery. He vowed to retire in two years,... | |
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