The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-02
The Use and Abuse
OF Great Wealth
Parts Of an Able Lecture Delivered
r by Andrew Carnegie.
POVERTY is NO DlsCREDIT
Tho Greatest Disgrace Of All Is for Man
to Die with His Riches Undistributed.
Common Sense Opinions
80. About Wealth.


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au'altaseol peihs crauieu' iutseu 'iiu
reared IN the stimulating school OF
poverty. There is nothing so enerVat-
ing. nothing so deadly in its effects
upon the qualities which lead to the
bi..bast acbiayan,ept p,oral ar intellec-
tnal az, boraa,,,,,, ,yao,.b- Ard 10
u1' "
uiieie pe aiiioiis YOU soui,s mon "no
deelS that he III not compelled 10 exert
himself IN order to earn ana 1--we from
his own efforts, | tender him my pro-
found sympathy. Should such a one
nrn,,. nm axcsntiop to b;s fa,lnvvs and
haoon,,, :, oiti,,d,, Ii,,;ne- , ne oraai+oh,a
" -
10 Hiiiiseli anu useiu ~ 'ie s'ate, III
stead OF my pfofund sympathy DOW
before him with profound reverence,
for one who overcomes the seduc dive
temptations which surrc1lnd hereditary
,y.oItb 10 "a, th, .s,rt of tba ao,.tb and
-, -.
-''eu ~ "'uote "o''o YIN. So
great liahS Soou thlhSs from tne NE"
York sun, the distinguished proprietor
and editor of which you had recently
th.. pleasure. benefit and honor of hear
ing I beg to read this TO Won as one
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Dana on our BOYS.
Every moralst hard up. for theme
asks at intervals: What is the matter
with the sons OF our rich and great men:
The question is followed by statistics con-
cernng the wickednesS and bad endngS
of such sons. The trouble with the moral
lists Is that they put the question wrong
end first. There is nothing wrong with
those foolish sons, except that they are
unlucky But there Is something alto
gether wrong with their fathers.
suppose that fine specimen or an old
deerhound. very successful in his bust
ness, should collect untold deer in park,
fattpn Them ID. and then TO his
pies Here, boys, I've had hard life
catching these deer, and l mean to see
you ENJOY yourselves. m so USED 10
racing through the woods and hunting
that can't get out OF the habit, but yon
boys )ast pile INTO that park ana heip
yourselves. Such deerhouhd as that
would De scorhed by every human iather
dog, "Mr. Hound, you're simply running
those puppies. Too much meat and no eX-
ercise VIII give them the mango ana sew
sn.een otnei ',' 'roup,es, am ar, II u'stenlper
l,noaa n,otar'la,,ad 10, of Sisar,oa, -,
vo,, For heavens sake keen them down
TO dog biscuit and work them hard"
That same human father does with great
pride the very thing that he would con-
defnh IN a cog or cat he RUNS ms chii-
ure" anu 'nen Wit" ne ssts t plu p,oIuseiy
ar,,thInn Co. thar, ond ,,at ,ba,, ha,o dis
enpointed him, The man who gives to
his son an office which he has not de-
served and enables him to disgrace his
father and friends deserves no more sym
pathy thah any Mr.. fagln aehoerateiy
enacatins poy 10 pe uishohest,
women drag wheeling about at the end of
strings are not to blame for their condi-
tion, and the same thing is true of rich
mems sons Ihe young women VINO over
Ieeu ',ne uoss anu tne ia'ner VINO rum the
,,n,,a aa,,onata tha thirS narhano ' h,'t
who could doubt that If there could he a
law making 1t impossible for man to in
herit any thing but good education
and good constitution it would supply
as In short order with better lot OF men.
.9t is not the moor man who goes forth
to his work in the morning and Lahore
unti, eveninp that we shouId nitv II
3sthe son of the rich man. whom Provi-
dence has not been 90 ,eind as 70 trust
with this honorable task II is nnt tho
busv man but the man of idleness who
should arouse our svmpathv and cause
us sorrow. 'Happv Is the man who has
found his work saws CARLYLE cav
happy Is the man who has 10 worl,
and to work hard and tn work long
great poet has said He praveth hest
who loveth best Some dav this NAV
be parodied into .He nravetb hest who
'worketh best An honest davis work
well performed is not n had sort of
prayer.
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t.rl n,inc,no, ao,n,o,.
,narstr,a, oona,,,onn pe ne ,sn' anis' ~ .. pu.
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49, houa. 20 a. ro,' W., wv W ~" nv
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