"the contrast between the palace of the millionaire and the cottage of the laborer with us today measures the change
which has come with civilization. this change, however, is not to be deplored, but welcomed as highly beneficial. the "good
old times" were not good old times. neither master nor servant was as well situated then as today a relapse to old conditions
would be disastrous to both not the least so to him who serves and would sweep away civilization with it but whether the
change be for good or ill, it is upon us, beyond our power to alter, and therefore, to be accepted and made the best of. it is a
waste of time to criticize the inevitable."
the gospel of wealth, by andrew carnegie (1889)
which characteristic of the gilded age does andrew carnegie allude to in this passage?