Note 35 — Chapter XIV
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The story is told that when Mr. Carnegie was selecting his younger partners he one day sent for a young Scotsman, Alexander R. Peacock, and asked him rather abruptly:
"Peacock, what would you give to be made a millionaire?"
"A liberal discount for cash, sir," was the answer.
He was a partner owning a two per cent interest when the Carnegie Steel Company was merged into the United States Steel Corporation.