...the sale of Carnegie Steel, kept adding to his fortune. He feared he would die in disgrace after all. to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge...understanding among the people of the United States." The corporation gave money to nonprofit groups for educational projects that promised to have a positive...

...creating libraries, and endowed a foundation to assist in the development of new types of education, to: To promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge...of the United States by aiding technical schools, institutes of higher lerning [sic], libraries, scientific reserch [sic], hero funds, useful publications,...