MR. CARNEGIE'S GIFTS.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—
London, June 23. Mr. Andrew Carnegie's free library gifts last week totalled £30,000.
~ Mr. Andrew Carnegie wag presented with the freedom of the Plumbers' Company at the London Guildhall last month, and in a speech said that the conscientious distribution of surplus wealth was more difficult than the art of acquisition. He referred to the principle which governed his benefactions, that those communities which he assisted should learn to do something: towards helping: themselves. Much of the great poverty and misery around them was the result of the habits of the sufferers themselves, the masses must therefore be instructed in prudence and thrift. He rejoiced that, in helping various communities, he had compelled them to help themselves, and if there was any city in the English-speaking world which wished to trade with him, he was open- to trade with them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12001, 25 June 1902, Page 5
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