There are but three generations in America from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.

Andrew Carnegie

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Topic

Social mobility

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Source

Triumphant Democracy

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Industrialist Businessperson

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. Triumphant Democracy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, ch. 16.

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Topic
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, ch. 1.

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