In 1889, in the North American Review, Carnegie wrote an essay entitled “Wealth,” where he put forth the proposition that “he who dies rich dies disgraced.”148 He argued that it was the duty of every successful entrepreneur to give away his money before he died. The owner and editor of the journal proclaimed it the “finest essay he had ever read.” British Prime Minister William Gladstone was so impressed that he had Carnegie’s essay reprinted in England under the title “The Gospel of Wealth.”
