Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-20
A TALK FROM CARNEGIE.
1t is Well for the Young Doctors that
They are not Lawyers, TheOlOgians,
or Soldiers.


1t is Well for the Young Doctors that
They are not Lawyers, TheOlOgians,
or Soldiers.
One hundred and thirty-four young
medical students sat in the red-cushioned
chairs in the orchestra of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House last night, says the New
York Sun of March 10, and looked at
semi-circular rows of elderly men on the
stage, representing the Board of Trustees
and the faculty OF the Bellevue Hospital
Medical College. DIR. Austin Flint, DR.,
called out the names of the young stu
dents, and they went on the stage in
platoons and got their diplomas. The
Hon. William Dorsheimer talked few
minutes to them, and then introduced
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, who has given the
college $4,000 to build laboratory. All
the young doctors arose when Mr.. CarRe-
gle stepped forward, and greeted him
with a chorus of "Rahl 'rahl 'rah!
Andrew Carnegiep' Among the things
Mr.. Carnegie said to them were these:
What blessing it is that you were not born
wealthy. You should he grateful to kind
Providence for fathers who have not burdened
you with riches. The poorest father is the
richest one. By bequeathiug the necessity to
WORK. the poor man leaves richer heritage
to his son than the millionaire can possibly
give his. Poverty at the beginning OF life Is
positive blessing. You make no question of
success; there is none. because success is
necessity. Only the rich and pampered, who
play at professions, fail in life as class.
Medicine is a growing science. It's devotees
look full eyed upon the blazing sun of truth
in all its changes. The profession of law tends
to narrow man by its rules and precedents.
The legist is ever looking back. lie adopts
new ideas slowly and hesitatngly, and be-
comes an encyclopedia OF wise saws ana
modern instances, the modern instances be-
ing governed by the wise saws of the past.
Hence lawyers rarely become great states
men, though we cherish high hoses that the
new, talented member of the Cabinet from
New YoOk may be the exception proving the
rule. he has been caught young, and out OF
the law may blossom craftsmanship.
IL We turn to theology as a profession we
find its devOtees more heavily handicapped
even than those of the law. The young theO-
logical student is furnished with thirty mine
articles, constructed centuries ago. He is
compelled to believe, or at any rate to try to
believe. that these constitute the whole of
essential truth. If he ever doubts, or, ike
"John p Robinson, he
Finds they didn't know everything down In
Judee,'"
he harbors the idea in fear and trembling,
and attributes his intellectual activity to
the Vaccinations of the evil one. Theological
students have, unfortunately, neither old
errors to discover nor new truths to learn
they are necessarily restricted to applying to
modern life the beliefs of hundreds of years
ago.
If we consider the military profession, we
find that the physician is the antipOde of the
soldier. He lives to kill; you live to save. You
all read the other week of a man who liked
the sport Of man-killing so well that he could
not rest at home in peace, but ran to Egypt in
pursuit of his fayorite sport. In time came
the turn of the brave savages, and they killed
him. The cable informed us that he died like
'true British bulldog" He did indeed!
Having lived a bulldogs life, it was fitting
that he should die the death Of a dog. l beg
pardon of the dog! l mention this incident
not to assail the dead-poor wretch! we can
only pity hm-but to show how utterly de-
mOralized is the public opinion that has
hardly anything but laudation for such
character! Depend upon it, gentlemen, this
will soon change. The hero of barbarism is
the man who braves danger to destroy: the
hero of civilization is he who dares danger to
save,
The young doctors and the audience
heartily cheered Mr.. Carnegie's remarks.
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