終其一生，安德魯卡內基都熱愛閱讀，所以他想要捐款贊助教育及閱讀並不令人感到意外。卡內基年輕時，住在陸軍上校詹姆士安德森 (James Anderson) 的住家附近，這位上校允許所有的勞工男孩免費使用他的私人圖書館。當時，美國並沒有免費的公共圖書館。

卡內基從未忘記陸軍上校安德森的慷慨，因此，卡內基也贊助教育。他資助城鎮建造圖書館，總共興建了2,000多所公共圖書館。他也投入了1 億2千5百萬創辦了卡內基社團法人 (Carnegie Corporation) ，宗旨在於幫助大學及其他學校。卡內基還相信什麼呢？


Throughout his life, Andrew Carnegie loved to read. So it made sense that he wanted to give money to support education and reading. When Carnegie was a young man he lived near Colonel James Anderson, a rich man who allowed any working boy to use his personal library for free. In those days, America did not have a system of free public libraries.

Carnegie never forgot Colonel Anderson's generosity. As a result, Carnegie supported education; he gave money to towns and cities to build more than 2,000 public libraries. He also gave $125 million to a foundation called the Carnegie Corporation to aid colleges and other schools. What else did Carnegie believe in?

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