Question

1. which andrew carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this photograph? \under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies, ... and often there is friction between the employer and the employed.\ \the price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is ... great.\ \the best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.\ \this, then, is ... the duty of the man of wealth: to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display of extravagance.\

Explanation:

Andrew Carnegie funded libraries to benefit the community by providing opportunities for the aspiring to improve themselves. The quote about placing ladders within the community's reach for the aspiring to rise best reflects this motivation.

Answer:

"The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise."