Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-31
Does Not Draw Flattering Picture of the
Makeup of the Man.
THINKS IGNORANCE A QUALIFICATION
Educated Person Not Greedy Enough to
Acquire So Much.
START IN POVERTY ALSO A REQUISITE
Does Not Find Him a Model of
Humanity After the MIL
lions Have Been Ac-
quired.

Copyright 1903, by Press Publishing Coz
VIENNA, May S0-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram.)-Prof Lom-
broso contributes critical study Of Amert-
can milliohaires in tomorrows special issue
of the Neue Freie Presse. In II he writes:
Though 1t might seem as II millionaires
must form a particular race by themselves,
with some wonderful gifts which all the
rest Of humanity lacks, on closer investiga-
tion It appears that the only popularity
they have in common is the country in
which they were either born or have emil
grated to-
THE physical qualities of the American
millionaire include none of the peculiar
tiles of genius, not even degeneration. The
true sons OF the millionaire generally are
weak in mind and body, but the cause of
this is that the millionaire is in q chronic
state of physical exhaustion and his chill
dren are brought up under a system of
isolation.
From psychological standpoint the
gifts and the peculiarities of millionaires
resemble those of the average man in his
exaggerations, Of the large-minded man.
but not OF the genius. All the qualities
Carnegie demands for millionaire are
those owned by a man of ready mind. In
rare cases when millionaires are geniuses
like Vanderbilt and Gould, they are of the
military kind, never literary or artistic
they are clever in getting information
which they can utilize and in choosing the
| right persons for the realization of their
plans.
"Precociousness is one of the qualities
the millionaire has in common with the
genius. With him the making of his career
| begins in childhood and that gives him &c
many chances over the average man thai
! attach the utmost importance to thai
fact.
Quotes Andrew Carnegie.
Carnegie himself says that the man who
| wants to become a millionaire must bt
without education and culture, and that Il
is very rare that a man who has a reputa
ton for letters or science is successful II
| business.
''This fact is easily explained. knowledge
and culture are a sort of counter -balanc,
| to action and the scientist whose brain 1!
| loaded with the wisdom and the experieno,
| of ages is continually a prey to irresolu
| ton at the moment when he should decid,
for action. The highly educated man 4
overwhelmed with thoughts of condolences
facts that I'LL the brain, and these retarC
his will, making him incapable Of makinl
| a
and trying to decide the man who has n,
superfiuous knowledge and is we'll up oil
one subject only decides and acts w1thou
hesitation.
Extreme poverty Is Enother most i'm
portant ssI'oulant to the man who is goinI
to be a millionaire.
"It Is absolutely necessary to have N
salary IL one wishes to get the power o
using ones faculties in business. Besides
the poor child which has to get the neces
saries of life for itself is much better abb
TO disentangle the skein OF life than
one born wealthy.
Greed Becomes Habit.
"Avarice and greed are unavoidable &C
compartments to the good qualities OF tn
millionaire. At first exercised from neces
sity, they become habits which ar
extirpated only very rarely.
'"The millionaire's honesty is only rela
tive. not absolute. OF course, he mus
resist temptations. but he is not homes
in the way that he will avoid all tina
might damage others. On the contrary
while he will carefully avoid breaking tn
laws OF the state, he will take every ad
. vantage of other peoples misfortunes an
weaknesses and will not even scrupIe
call forth such misfortunes II he can prof
, by them.
, This proves that the millionaire lack
neither the good nor the bad qualities {
the average man.
. 1T think that the use millionaires maxi
I, OF their money, the sumptuousness to whic
they are addicted. their aping OF the Ger,
monials Of European courts. the FOOLS
ways in which they bring up their chi
dren. the vanity and love OF display
: their womankind, are extremely reprt
! hensibIe. The cause of all this is their fl
sufficient culture, which closes their minC
to the immense benefits they could conf,
on humanity II they did but know how
set about II.
Exceptions prove the rule, and OF
' might reverse the prediction for sodo
and say that II there were but ten mi