New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21
SUCCESS IN LIFE.
NOT WEALTH, NOR KNOWLEDGE NECAsSA"iH'
But DISTINCTION.

NOT WEALTH, NOR KNOWLEDGE NECESSAnihi'
But DISTINCTION
.no Edftor of The Tribune.
sr. have read the letter of Mr. Carnegie Ill
Tho Tribune Of February 4, ana le" o'io'' ".'"
In nv mind as to the validity OF MS reasoning p''"'r
me to seek expression in tie same puohc way , -
the virtues of total abstinence from the hiuoi W. =,
thereln cited II the following Of one pursuit lioi o
FIRST start In life TO the close II quckness anu
oss in communicating ones employers dchcehcie'
and snnpIementing them. II being careiul ol mo"oN
en- nc never 10 be found in the speculative marhc' VI
In the iLreQuited position OF an lndOf'ef' vi vi"
saving of every possible penny al tc cAPe"s0 VI
every desire would produce, sometime III i'e, va,
d,ton az vast wealth for the abstaner. ana II "chl'"
- A. nosidera,um Of human existence. then there
con no no further controversy. But tins is no ,ruer
rorosi.on than the proposition that university men
ore handicapped for monetary success Nei'her sao
,nent is sustained by the observation vi Hle !" '
cities The practice OF these rules, while thcS pro
duced benefcent results forty years ago. whch COM
retition through sparsey diitased k1O"i'oee ""S
ioss than now are insufficient to put man on MS
toet TODAY They may be aids to Digestion 50 u
sneak but they not the food upon WHICH 'nc ouS
corporal is rounded into significance
TODAY a man must advertise himself ProHlouon
so. rot come in the line OF work rendered to an en-
nj ,ver Int In the knowledge Of power possessed by INC
employed and the udicous assertion OF tat hhoWioso
Nonv man hesitates at this point unless single ana
unencumbered Fear is apt TO rule. especially III great
cI,ies where positions are few compared WIN '"c mum
,er NJ those needing them. But the 1act remains
that knowledge however acquired. ana however nt'o
bonored as factor among non-unlverSi'F W'h i M
all the great power in the acquisition OF fortunes a'
4. &c in socal and professional honOr'. Man! 'H
,roront man has parted with his secret to ceVerei
man than himself and lived 10 sec fortune ou''' upon
his model but not for him. ! remember nearing i"
related II do not vouch for II but presume IL 10 w u''
how n certain fortune was made IN inns n'a""ei
fortune which was used judicousiy iof tie ooic" Va
mankind but which was acquired upon 'nis Pi"'.iO
have always believed since that time ina II t"e u"o
,,r.rdna.s Of commercial and business Bic WIS
thoroughly KNOWN the principle would lie o""u ~ "p
rucaton more generally than others h"'o ''"'''
proclaimed. :, .odov g. n be
known II matters not in what way P''>"''o
49, ,h,ouc man I'm college Is as great h''ln
t,r The fine being as Mr.. Carnegie lhcy are oo'' "
,ho noners7 They are both celebrities ana larger ~
~, dn,,otion Neither is lost in the shades Vi
,a,,o,sn although ore Is in n university Inc lohe
=, tho article which prompts these remarks Is vi o
very far from the thought and reasoning Vi our 10
and most conscentousiy educated men, ~ 70 "p
parent even TO me. who make no cIai" " VIC ~
~ college course that You cannot divorce 'e heroc
:, A., -. ,rorn the minds OF thoughtful men, although
,her deeds ARC written in dead languages ana u'' IL
,s good 10 turn once in awhile from the mao ru'h i'
noeriety inwardly TO the dream OF classic groves anu
70 the philosophc thought OF socrates some o''
has since asked why the university men 40 not uc up
.ho challenge and dsprove it. suppose from the lact
,bat they are too busy our leading universities t'c
their students plenty TO do. Surely the college Is d
r,,odav world and a man therein is as truly buiid-
ing as II he were engaged In such Occupation "S ITO
unaided IS likely TO find 10 him. Know the scare
-, WAGES for beginners I'm this city, and ii Is very I'M
romunerauye Is il worth while = rnsh our sons
into business unless under stress OF dire necessity
,hinh II cannot be disproven that the average man
rsahs down earlier than he should by this lofeins
,rocess And that the professional man STANDS uo
t.a,n ~ modern life much better than the man IN Dsi
We take them types simply, Tor MI Carnegle ;
nsicle was not written for men who are designer 10
follow professions. - ,,.rr,,re ,b,t 7 bavo not
,randered from my argument-sucees' In HE depends
49, heing known. one must have knowledge tpre
.1umahIv Gained in the common schoOD 10 determue
o, 70 proclaim oneself and wherein ones true ability
IT, One mnst not begin by diSionorinS the past nor
dcspising It's teachings; one inu>t 10y III .
fortune and medOcriA. but must DC Cohon, WIN ia
snocess and enlightenment. Even the fnliIment, OF
This moderate wish i hheS 10 w lous ~ o. ~ =,
the meantime one does not hdc W no, u
en- the altar OF saerhce Inc lvni uIneIt, viii uo
found in the danger Of being wholly sacrihceI upon H.
iou"u III W. FRANCES y. SMITlI.
BROOKLYN, Feb g, 1892