Andrew Carnegie on “The Triumph of America” (1885) Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie celebrated and explored American economic progress in this 1885 article, later reprinted in his 1886 book, Triumphant Democracy. The old nations of the earth creep on at a snail’s pace; the Republic thunders past with the rush of the express. The United States, … Continue reading Andrew Carnegie on “The Triumph of America” (1885)