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Excerpt from Round the World
It seems almost unnecessary to say taat Roicna' t/ie line A n American Four - in-hana' in Brita in, was originally prin tea'for priva te cir ciclation. M y pnélisliers liaving aséea' permission to give it to tne picélic, lcave ocen induced to undertake t/ze slignt revision, and to make some aclclitions necessary to fit tlie original for general circulation, not so miceli oy t/ze favorable reception accorded to t/ie foicr-in-hanct, in Englana' as well as in America, nor even oy tae ¿attering words of tne critics w/zo nave a'ealt so kindly wit/i it, out clcie/i'y éecaicse cy' many valzcea' letters w/iicn entire strangers liave éeen so extremely gaoa' as to talze tne tronole to write to me, ana' wnicli incleea' are still coming almost a'aily. Some of tliese are from invalz'cls w/zo tnané me for making tae a'ays a'nring wnic/i taey react tne éooé pass more orig/itly tnan oejore. Can any knowledge ée sweeter to one taan tnis lese letters are precious to me, ana'it is t/zeir writers w/zo are mainly responsiole for t/cis secoua' volume, especially since some wko liave t/ius written lcave askea' wlzere it coula' be oétainea' ana' liave no copies to sena' to tkem, wkic/i it would liave given me a rare pleasure to oe aole to a'o. Kope t/zey will like it as t/iey a'ia' t/ie ot/ier. Some friends consider it ketter; ot/zers grefer t/ie Four-in - Hancl. T/iink tlzem a'ifirent. Lv/iile coac/iing was more joyously kapfiy {luring t/ze journey rouna' t/ie Warla' was gaining more knowledge éut if my readers like me lzalf as well in tke latter as in tlie former mooa', sliall liave only too muc/i cause to suéscriée myself wit/i sin.
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ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist born in Scotland and emigrated to America as a teenager. Carnegie's benefactions (totaling about $350 million) included Carnegie Hall (1892) in New York City, the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1902), the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (1904), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1905), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1910) and over 2,800 libraries.
