New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-13
AN UNWORTHY TEACHER
PROFESSOR SUllEEHS CHARACTER DIS
CLOSED IN His WRITINGS.

COLI CTED Essays II PoLlIlcAL AND sO' a.
l73 PIP. Henry Holt q Co.
Most valuable adlit ons to science have oren
made by men whosc lives have been ocNo''"
To instruction. In their works have hGth PIT
scented their camcst and TipeSt thoughts, lHc
result of wears of honest search for truth ana oi
effort 10 present truth to the mlnd IN lht u,Hl
and most winning toIm, Separated from t"t t
dross which attaches in the STRIFE OF the hiilIhon
Mace and fine FORUM Mr.. Sumner II a pIol'SS"l
in one Of the great colleges OF this country
When n book Is published by him, rye P9pic
has right To look for something creuiiaoe H.
himself and to the University. lnose VINO VIZ"
To know of the present mental ana moral sl"lu'
of fine college have right to Judge OF 1t by lle
latest works published Ivy Professor. III.
Summer has attempted III these books to tirt
the tariff question, the question Oh silver com
are the wages question:, and the question "a
srif government not to mention others OF less
imD0rance AVOwcdly these books cmpouS,
not careless uttejances under the pIeS5uIc W
debate, but deliberate ana 01t-Itptattu eiH,o
mcuts of the best thought that - III NM
Mich of what he has to say on protection, III
deed, is substantially repeated IN D0th yolulllrs'
From them. therefore, 1t is right that inc pup
lie should Judge, both of the man ana Oh tht
colcge--Of the mental and moral character ol
the instructor chosen by Yale to guide the
thoughts of young men ON SUBJECTS Oh ule
greatest practical and political Importance
4 candid reader first observes ialsehO"d OF
the title page" PTOtectiOnism, the ism when
urr knows that prOlcctUnsts do not ''lcach
that waste makes wealth. They teach lhat u
sacrifice which brings returns IN hundred l9l"
is not waste, and that the only sacr'nceS III
VOWED by the pTott Ctlye system are such Nolun-
tary and well repaid sacrifices. But from 'Hc
beginning to the end Of his works, Mr.. sumner
refuses to discuss what the dNoratcs Oh pro-
lection do believe, and untru'hluHy itpits'"t'
that they believe something else His inst at
tcmpt to state the doctrine of the protectl"nlHtS
is a. follows, page 49, The dogma when
constitutes prOtectlOnlsln- W''"th can
be produced by protective IaAeS ana rnil I''S
ever believed or taught that national WcaIth
cannot bc produced without protection. 1t Is
not known that amy other teacher has bc'h us
honest enough to mpuic sucll hcllrl /" my
body. What pIotccuOnlStS do believe Is thH'
the production of national wealth can be 7ccci-
Grated and increased by duties on imports
But Sir. Sumner seems unable To state Win cN-
act tIUthfulne>s the opinions ot his opponents
even wien he tries His books abound WIN
Illustrations of his incapacty IN tins particular
AMI hi, statements are often 81 gr"t"Nqucly ana
paIpaby untrue, a. in this instance, that hl9
friends would doubtless excuse Them a. tAu"'
agancrS on IntcustyIng cNagScIatiohs h"tut"'
in heated debate. But tins defence would be
nn admission that the temper habltUal win
Nh summer Is that OF the angry dspul.iht'
temper IN the last degree uhhl Tor u" slUu'"'
uI teacher.
Ilh.ppily. it cannot bc said that mere
haI.tual distortion OF StIaILluE oi statement u
milf il tlt ibtI.l
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to,. q, c,,..in mice. Mr. summer deliberately
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