The National tribune., 1885-02-19
Conversation Ciub.
EDUCATION BETTER THAN RICHES

EDUCATION BETTER THAN RICHES.
FRIENDS OF THE CLUB: On the question, Re
solved. that Education Is Better than Riches
take the affirmative, in reply to Charles Floyd's
negative. If there had been learned men, what,
TASK the gentleman would have been the condition
OF our world today We probably would he under
the impression that the earth square and that
the suns orbit lay around il. Our ancestors held
those ideas and only education lifted the vail from
of the face of ignorance show Il CrOesIIs and
will show You a Socrates, a kcplcr, Darwin,
and Tyndal. The intrinsic value of Il man does
not lie in his Oh suIOnds. his fast horses and his
brilliant receptions, but il does lie in the mental
culture which education gives TO hinl. 1t is The
man of education .Slo is influencing the world
So-dsy.-HesteT. Il oosier, o.
THE EVILS or oNEY-GETTING
FRIENDS OF THE GIVE: am glad the question,
Education Money" is being brought forward,
because in money there much seeming good and
red evil that peoi.e o!ten make mistake in seek
3ng it. The careers Of rich men of All ages
records of Tyranny. cruelty, immortality and vice.
Take Pizarro The cs;I.qGcTor OF Peru, OF the
most wealthy his DRY tells of. lie accunu-
lated his wealth hy murder, robbery. imposture,
and the most cU.l treatment 10 harmless people
The world has ever witnessed. C0.teZ the con-
qleror OF MeNicn, presents the sAtle record of
cruelty crime and vice.
Take our mo,l,rt hi! ionaires and corporations.
The reduction of wages, bringing thousands Of peo-
pie TO poverty and utter starvation. are made ny
corporations 10 I'll Heir own Golfers and 10 satisfy
their own avariCous desire.
Ii is true, ricil !nen have benefited the world
from time 80 time. by making donations TO
organizing some charitable institution, but the
balanced by the tyranny and fraud employed in OBJ
timing their wealth! The great scholars and edu-
Gators have no,in@ TO look back upon with dis
pleasure. The wor.s Of Homer and Virgil
eagerly pernscd to-day they a thousand
years ago. Our great scholars die bat their works
survive 10 emil. liteti and elevate poseriiv while
the wealth gathered by rich men j. only a source
OF ii-will, dispute and fcuds amongst their heirs.
When contrast tIe works OF the ancient scholars
and philosophers Hith the cruel kings and seekers
ofwelth ofte sa'iic tone tiic works % our modern
scholars, writers AND teachers with the milonaires
and corporations, will find which is the most
desirable, beneficial and useful. The works of
Wesley the Refonner, Eliot the Apostle TO the In
dians. the hundreds of teachers whose only in
terest is the welfare Of the pupils. would be enough
80 aunihate all the good ever done by rich men,
Abram Esbensl'';e, Gordonville, Pa.
IGNORANCE AND THE PooRHoUsE.
FRIENDS or THE C'IB think, Mr.. Charles Lloyd,
IF you could no: write your own name and could
mot read iRteilipes!ily you would feel like giving
some OF Your miio.ss for an education. And sup
pose you should lore your money, which would
not he surprising for an uneducated person, what
would become Of you? Having education and
unused TO COMMON labor, YOU could not support
yourself and would very likely go To the poor
house. go trap.ping the country selling
Irish linen tablecoilI-. and spending what little
money you did gei at some TiIIn shop.-Mnnie NJ.
llyskell, Dayton, Armstrong Co, Pa
MANS THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.
FRIENDS OF THE Cub: What is Mr. Lloyd's
Standard Of comparison when he calls Vanderbilt
the greatest man 10 America? Surely there is none
who knows the yHlae of knowledge vino will envy
linn has millions or worship him Tor ms wealth.
Many time have ! seen strong men shed tears
when they rciccicl the opportunities for OBJ
tanning education, neglected in their youth but
now passed forever. Aud too. ] have heard old
men, whose hoaFN Il All, we're fast bending beneath
the weight OF years. Ssy that they would give all
they possessed IL ths worlds goods could they
but recall these lest opportunities aild receive
the rndlmcnts Of ara education Docs the desire for
riches affect men f'IiS way &c. w. Wallace, Hop
kns. Mo-
WHAT EDrcATIoN DOES FOR US.
IL
fntcllccts. To quote from another, II includes the
whole man, head. ...;,n. body. hight of figure and
character. breadth - shoulder and scholarship
BY the way j tmsk some of the Club are overnice
shout the cXchan@s II photographs etc. by mem
beTs Of the Club understand the organization TO
DE for the purpose Of bringing about closer union
and wider sympathy among the sons and daugh-
tcrs OF al who concerned IN the welfare of the
Union soldier. And does anyone know of n better
plan than that use? SO ask all TO write TO
me, particularly those whose fathers served with
any father IN Co. l., l06ll: ILL., We have been in