New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-10
NOT CONVINCED By MR.. CARNEGIE.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With much that Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has writ
ten In your paper by OF advice 20 young men anu
women about 10 engage in the duties Of active life
can cordially agree But | think he undertakes the
Importance of education. and especially Of liberal
cducotlon To bu,nes men. lie dcnOunces the ancient
languages as a means Of knowledge and mental dis
cplinc with more vigor than wisdom MIR. carnegie
is n shrcwd and able Of business; but Is he inc
superior Of the late Howard Crosby, once creek pro
fcssOr: of the lac Mr.. Lowell always oese pro-
fcssor 2 do not here use the argumcntum al hom-
mem or nd nvidum, but simply as an iiinstatoh'
Several of Presidents had the advantage OF class
ical education -nOtaby Garfield, who was college
professor for several years,and to 90 further back
Thomas jefferson, the founder Of classical INSTITUTION
vet now nStanced by friends on the other sue O
fine poltca fence As a model of Democratic simplicity
who believes either of these, some of the Others
worse Presidents because they were college eau
Gated 30 ! think the general opinion would lie To-Day
that both General Jackson and Abraham Lincoln "oun
have been improved by the same process LOOK NJ
tho list Of eminent lawyers and physicians. huiu'
Choate was an admirable classical scholar His brill
liant and witty relative and namesakc In New"
York is understood 10 walk in his footsteps
He nay rot quote Greek and Latin in his arguments
before the supreme Court, but he can quote VINO De
seves that Mr.. Evarts has forgotten his Homer ahS
Virgil He may not read nom them TO me Seh"'o
but he could read Why. Doctor Of Medicine or
Theology ignorant OF Greek and Latin could never
Thoroughly comprehend even the nomenclature OF III,
own profession 10 the practical, Imfu heiut',
Iicnianlin Franklin who thought that tie greatest
masters Of style in the English language were the ocs'
classical scholars. He said that be studied ADDISON
Pope and Others models. because he hnscii hao
never eniOyed the advantages of "A nlrl cuucauoh
MIR Gladstone quoted by MIR. Carnegle) Is known 10
los one OF the finest Greek scholars In the WOrId-
equal 10 a German professor. Yet he maze one 81 INC
hest Chancel0rS OF The EXChcqucr England ever mao ~
Office by the way. in which figures other IMAM Euc' vi
speech are indis peusabc 10 success Lord NACaumS
wa, one OF the best educated men o inc age anu ms
writings show 1t. Whose style equals Ms Ann WHAT
writer Of history OF any age or Hdtlol eAceeu nun
He was "A Grecan OF the irst water, ana hau an 'nc
best Latin writers at his fingers ends, nor was ne
bad man OF business. He left EJOOOO or IpUOOv
at his death 1t was Macauay who sad he was urea
of the fallncy that university education uhhtt'd IL
man for business he would look into II. Ana he
aid with the result that the honor men nom 'he
universities were found TO be occupying the foremost
places i'm Great Britain, both at home ana aDrolu' anu
Inc senior wT7inglcrs at the very head. .
II | had a son about 10 start In life should wish
him to follow Mr.. CarnegieS counsel I'm many things
should tell hin 70 keep out OF saloons, not 10 use %
hacco. 10 save his money-whcn he had any Out tlmt
virtue would not be inherited from his father and, rs
General Grant said u push things! ut all the same
would send him to Yale or Harvard or princeton ias
my father and pinched himself I" DO ll ana
wOnld say, =" NV son, look at Mr.. carnegie ne -
one of the greatest iron and steel manufacturers IN the
world a splendid man. and all he needs 10 make MN
about perfect is the kind OF cducat am going 20
give you. Go IN, my son. and win
c. T. LINDSEY,
Tex-york Feb . 1892. Fifty Year. a Teacher.