Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-28
THE SELF MADE MAN.
THIS is THE IHEME 0E
GROVER gIEFLLANO'S
ADDRESS
AT Princeton University On the
Occasion ofTts Charter Day
Celebration Last Friday.
EyEKx Boz SHOULD LEARH n

EVERY BE- sRoULD LEARN IT.
Princeton University cele-
brated last Friday, its 'Chartar
Day" anniversary. It was 5 royal
occasion, thronged from al parts
of the Union with alumni Of chat
institution. and hundreds Of dis
tinguished guests, aud even roy.
atty, ID the.persons Of lord ara
lady Aberdeen.
Among the speeches made we're
many utterapces in commemora-
ton of the day; but the speech OF
the occasion was that Of Hon.
Grover Cleveland ex-Pressdent Of
the United States,-and the great
est President cur country has
ever known. He spoke Of the
EfSelf Made Man" His talk was
brief, but he laid down d rule Of
life, a code of civil ethics and per
sonai morals, snan which the par
ents Of the country could not teach
their children q better ard couil.
not do better than teach it 10 their
children. The schools Of tie land
should require every pupil TO learn
it by heart and doclainl it IN pub
lie. We regret we cannot give
the speech in full, bat we give the
salient features Of it as follows:
TBk-sELF MADE LIAM.
In tbs few words 7 shall speak
here to-day there will be no at
tempt 10 load you INTO iuerod@el
fields Of thought or point cut ne :
truths. / propose to submit oH
this occasion ssmo simple Eellec-.
tons, conceI ni4g the seit-madamar.
There has heau 50 much said of
him at random, and lie has aeen SO
often presented as an aItogetber
wonderful being, that i IS ret
strange if there exist in sore
quarters an entire misappsehaE-
sion of the manner Of his creation
and an exaggerated idea Of bis 2a-.
ture and mission.
The merit o. the successful n18G
who has struggled with difficulties
and disadvantages must be judged
by the kind Of success BE has
achieved, by the use he makes Of Il
and by its effect upon his charac-
ter and life. # bs success is cleaa
and wholesome, # n uaes It 70
make his fellows better and hape
pier, and if Ao faithfully responds
to all the obligations d q liberal,
public spirited and useful citizen,
his struggles should add immense
ly to the honor and consideration
he deserves. II, on the other hand,
his success is Of the grasping, sor-
bid kind, if he clutches it closely
for his selfish qualification, and if
with success he is bankrupt in
character, gordidly mean, useless
as a citizen, OF Of evil inhence n
his relations with his fellow men,
his struggles should rot save him
from contempt.
The advantages Of cur common
schools, freely offered to all, and
often forced upon the unwilling,
furnish ard education by nc means
to be moderated. We are far
from overlooking its grand &C
complishments and we are not I'M
midful of the thousands of in
starces where it has ado
qaatcly wrought II the produc-
ton of our self-made man; butI
considered as o tool necessary to
this Supremacy important ~construc~
ton it cannot be claimed that in
Q lality and cer .ainty Of results It
compares with tie higher education
supplied, by our universities and
colleges.
am attempting not o2ly to
present the self-made men as he!
ought to exist, but to tspeak of
him in his relations 70 the conf
mon every day life Of our people.
I am considering my topic, while
! lave COuSt SApiJ |0AIAO
the mass OF our American citis
zenship. Ny thought Is that this
mass can and ought 70 be greatly
improved and made & better and
safer depository Of cur .cast il
the perpetuity and benedcence
of q free COVE nment. I believe
this can be &C nplished by ado
ing TO car C. zels p mo e CT
the leavea OF genuine, well COZ
structed and weli-eqaipped, self
made men. OF all useless men