here about a principle or idea about how societies or civilizations work. Once students reach this understanding, teachers should point out that Carnegie is making the claim here that unequal accumulation of wealth as a of “...law civilization” is the way civilization comes from In other words, this is the way we become civilized. Teachers should point this out as an example of how we can learn from close reading and how students can do this on their own as they get better. What is the main question that Carnegie is posing here? Carnegie is asking what we do with this wealth which only a few people have, “… administering wealth… thrown into the hands of the few”? Some students might also note that Carnegie is saying this is the only question we need address. What differences between types of wealth does Carnegie define? He distinguishes between and great wealth, moderate “fortunes” “...not sums... the aim of all to acquire.” What is wealth”? Money that goes “surplus beyond what a family needs to get by on a daily basis. There are but three in which wealth can be disposed of. modes surplus What are the two most common things that It can be left to the families of the decedents; or it can be bequeathed happen to wealth” a person dies, “surplus for public purposes; or, finally, it can be administered during their lives according to Carnegie? It is inherited, or it is by its possessors. Under the first and second modes most of the wealth given away to charities or taken by the of the world that has reached the few has hitherto been applied. government after the wealthy person died.
There are but three modes in which surplus wealth can be disposed of. It can be left to the families of the decedents; or it can be bequeathed for public purposes; or, finally, it can be administered during their lives by its possessors. Under the first and second modes most of the wealth of the world that has reached the few has hitherto been applied. here about a principle or idea about how societies or civilizations work. Once students reach this understanding, teachers should point out that Carnegie is making the claim here that unequal accumulation of wealth as a “...law of civilization” is the way civilization comes from In other words, this is the way we become civilized. Teachers should point this out as an example of how we can learn from close reading and how students can do this on their own as they get better. What is the main question that Carnegie is posing here? Carnegie is asking what we do with this wealth which only a few people have, “… administering wealth… thrown into the hands of the few”? Some students might also note that Carnegie is saying this is the only question we need address. What differences between types of wealth does Carnegie define? He distinguishes between “fortunes” and great wealth, “...not moderate sums... the aim of all to acquire.” What is “surplus wealth”? Money that goes beyond what a family needs to get by on a daily basis. What are the two most common things that happen to “surplus wealth” a person dies, according to Carnegie? It is inherited, or it is given away to charities or taken by the government after the wealthy person died.
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