Bill Gates, Andrew Carnegie, and Leonardo da Vinci

We recently learned about Andrew Carnegie.  Carnegie wrote an article about what he called the "Gospel of Wealth".  He believed that anyone who wealth like he did had the moral obligation to give it back to the community in hopes that it will further advance the society.  I personally think that this idea is incredible.  I can also think of a circumstance that it still exists today.  Bill gates bought the Codex Leicester.  This was a 72 page document that Leonardo da Vinci had written.  It basically just recorded all of his various thoughts throughout time accompanied by diagrams and self drawn pictures.  Nevertheless, this codex is a huge part of history and a connection to one of the most brilliant minds of history.  This extremely valuable document was auctioned off where it was sold for just south of 31 million dollars to Bill Gates.  Bill Gates has since made available to the public.  He has published it online after having it translated from Italian.  This to me resembles the Gospel of Wealth that Andrew Carnegie tried to upkeep.  Carnegie also had the brilliant idea of not leaving his kids any money because he thought that they should be able to earn their own money.  Mr. Gates also has the same idea in mind with his immense fortune.  Bill gates also made the Leicester Codex available for view around the world.  He lets it be displayed at various museums around the world changing museums from time to time.  I wish I could see other collectors of vast wealth give back to the community of the world as Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie did.