New-York tribune., 1900-12-22
cLEVELAND TALKS TO STUDENTS.
HE SETS FORTH BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AT
PHILADELPHIA COMMENCEMENT-CoN-
TRovERTs DAVID HARUM.'

| 80 TRoVERTS DAVID HAhUM
| PHILADELPHIA Dec 21.-Former President Cfeve-
land tom tght delivered the annual address at the
graduation exercises of the thirty-fifth class OF
the Peirce School of Business at the Academy or
Music. The ex- President, accompanied by Mrs.
Cleveland, arrived here this afternoon from
Princeton, and during their stay in the city were
the guests of l. Clarke Davis, Managing Editor
of THE Philadelphia Public Ledger, and Mrs.
Davis.
Admission TO the Academy was by invitation
card and the vast auditorium was crowded TO
the doors
Governor Stone presided at the graduating ex-
ercises. He made a brief speech, and then IN
troduced Mr.. Cleveland who said in part as fol-
lows in his address, which was of the nature Of
good advice 10 those embarking on business
careers:
in ones mind that thf world owes you living or
mans meaning nor act upon it in hghWay yman
Worid owes You living be Construed giving
license for all sorts Of sharp practices invoivihg
Golden Rule and every, other prrecept which main main
tans and cultivates human brotherhood There
version of the Golden Rule proclaimed by the
portraycd in late popular nove~po unto the
ether foT the way he'd ke on to 90 Of fy
seriously proposed, would arouse loud and extended
M6o Would dG protest. E m tu are daily and hourly
acting in precise accordance with such interpreta-
Of all that makes life worth Living, and is the
We hear great deal just now in condemnation att
and defence of trusts and combinations. Lately a
which was informed was the result of much
thought on the part Of an able thqSer; nrist,n, AS
Community of people whose wants were supplied
bors they dealt together as friends Interested in
f5in to each oher circumstanees This descrip-
ton was followed by an arraignment OF trusts and
by first monopolizing certain branches of the bust
ness done in the communities, and then d!splacipS
dealers and craftsmen who were neighbors and
in sueh Change but could not help feeling that
the simple natural healthy live and let live cope n
course. in attempting to win success you IA are I'm IN
foul race nor treacherousiy disable your com
petitors. ,..... - ..,, o,,,
gain by yGaq hard s work the exercise Of ali
honesy and never failing obedienee to the die
tates of enlightened conscience To one thus prop
and stmula ting than 10 see gathering together IN
his path adverse circumstances and to feel the
thrill that gives signal OF the determined rusi
If You find the rock OF impossibility in your path
against it. but in the new path stil peTseyere ana
Providence is directing you in a way different
from that Of your choice. follow the new way sub
When an indoor crowd disperses and together
bsh bea ta or s the poen already gained So
in the pursuit of the living the world owes US. we
to hold and improve on, positions in the general
ment found himself in the counting room OF
large establishment, in the presence OF tne pro,
lis services, began uestOning him for amusement;
Among other things ne asHed d.nnn MN hS na@
said the young and 5st saw on ha fne sa
the merchant Push was the prompt reply: OF
course, such story could lot be worth telling
spot-a lifelong career of prosperity, and i'm
mense fortune for the young man. II the count. count.
it, instead Of Push suppose it W wpqd sat have aSs
been quite different differs mater att ba1 0nf of all mat 'he
/ must not longer delay reference TO one OF the
Gs in he nd t Of any one Who has set out
TO make fight for the living which the world
Seted SEss 9sSe dene 'aa and n2fh # the e e
that can proftably be discharged has been met and
every advantage that can follow faithful service
pose that little extra effort in favor OF the work
in hand and in the interest of an employer passes
neglect of such effort may. therefore, be serious
hindFapee to present al DeSdeS be
field of independent activity and competition is ever
We must Md promptly and finally exclude as our
standard of success mere money getting for It's
conception Of life and its aims and aspirations IN II
fortunate gambler the bold and lucky robber or
/ burglar, the idle, weak, purposeiess in
speak OF life mean life of decency and active
usefulness and when we speak Of success we mean
something that aids such a life and makes II
more useful, and not less decent-somethting that
does not smother conscience or dull the sense of
moral responsibility. which no one should attempt
TO escape We mean the accomplishment Of such
ends as enable discharge better and easier
our obligations others, and which fit us to make
the world, at least a larger or smaller section
of It, better and happier because Of our lives and
efforts.
! Let US add in completion of standard Of true
! success a constant example of patriotic love of
country and conscientious discharge of every
uy duy Of Of ezenshp not NOR nor in Sind
obedience TO party leadershp--but integently and
in sober recognition OF the responsibility the citi~
zen assumes to his Government where the peo-
pie rule.
: of wealth is found in its hardening effect upon
the heart and conscience and its suffocaton of
/ best feelings and impulses. 1t is decreed that we
surely exact our dues from the world and at
the time achieve success that shall be
glorious. To do this it is only required of to
be true 10 ourselves true TO duty to humanity.
! obedient to the Divine law and submissive TO the
| will of God