Question

1. which andrew carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like this one in the photograph?

source: library of congress, prints and photographs division
“under the laws 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 for 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 a community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which a society can rise.”
“this, then, is the duty of the man of wealth: to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance.”

Explanation:

Andrew Carnegie believed in philanthropy to benefit society. Funding libraries provided educational opportunities which he saw as ladders for societal progress. The quote about placing ladders within reach for a society to rise best explains his motivation for funding libraries.

Answer:

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