New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

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give him as good an education as ne
could take. And there are nearly four
hundred more cases like these, every one
carefully investigated, all details studied
and the recognition likely 10 be most
useful In each bestowed, and reported
here in a matter-of-fact way as part
Of their official duty by the trustees
The fund given them by Mr.. Carnegie
for such purposes amounts In the United
States and Canada 10 FL 100000, in Great
Britain and France to t4oOe-
Greater love hath no man than this
that he lay down his life for his rrlend-
What uobler use is there for money tnan
10 help the men who have done sucn
things? IL was one Of your own poets
who. in lines familiar TO all OF yOu- re-
lated Ben Adhem's dream. The Record-
ing Angel did not find his name among
those that loved the Lord. Set me down
then. begged the disappointed dreamer.
as one who loved his fellow man foG
remember the end. The Recording Anger
came again, next night. with the names
Of those the Lord loved. and To- Ben
Adhem's name led all the rest Fer-
haps the man who finds heroes IKE
these, helps them and trains thefh' OF
their children, for further service 10 the
race is a better citizen than the one
who stands on box In Hyde PARK . anu
bawls out 10 a crowd OF curious loLetS
every unreasonable and bitter phrase ne
can think OF, to make his hearers nate
and envy those more thrifty and more
useful than themselves.
Yet, all this is but a very little part
OF what your new citizen has long Deeh
doing. RE saw that only light could make
our liberties valuable or safe In cOnse-
quence, the teaching profession seemed
to him the first line Of national derence;
and so he has provided a pension 1unu
for men who give their lives 10 tnat
work, and placed in the hands or d IhoSt
competent board OF trustees IN America
100000 for that purpose. He oeieNes
the world advances as our KNOWLEDGE "
truth is extended. and so he has gwen
another most competent board tZ,+O'upV
for the promotion Of original research
He had no chance for college training
himself, but ne has given 70 colleges I'D
the United States and Canada oNs.
fl 100000 and to some in the United
Kingdom and colonies f136, 600 more To
all this. with tender recollection OF the
land Of his birth. he has added a trust
for the University Of Scotland or IWo-
millions Of pounds. On the happy town
OF his birth he has bestowed for tne
benefit Of the whole community IN many
helpful ways the Dunfermline trust OF
half a million pounds, and for the Town
in which he worked his way up ne ndS
established the PfttsbUrg Carnegie @ IN
stitute. with an endowment OF tl,4Uc,urp-
For the benefit Of wOr6men IN tne non
and steel works which he orouSht 70
such marvellous success ne mas estSo-
Ifshed a relief fund Of $500, 600. In oe-
sire 10 dfffuse among all, but especially
among the orderly and moral classes
the endowment he himself gets from
music ne has met churches here ana III
America halfway in the cost OF tneH
organs till in this manner ne mas US
tributed among fcTty-hve nuno[ed nS %
f;Irtherance Of his efforts against war A7
has built q headquarters ar Washington
for the Tnterua tional Bureau or Anerl-
car REPUBLICS for 100000 and at cost
Of 1900 600 a Palace Of Peace Tor Lhe
interua tionaI arbitraJlOns at Ine HdsuS
from one of which your country ana ana
mine have lust emerged with eQudI
honor and mutual satisfaction az the
peaceful and just settlement OF an EN-
Uttered dispute that had lasted between
US for over century.
And now 1 come down to what mas
brought YOU here to-day. The lad 70
whom a hook was a priced and expen-
stv-e T1rr,Yrv and who knew no untver-
sirv bu- the few books he could DuS i;
has now sought TO bring that means CL
seIf- -ir77n-oven7en and uplift, by Wnlch
+a himself rose. within reach or all he
has thus girdIed the Enghsn-speah -- hIIls
world with libraries. or which tne Ne.
latest
.1tor to-day Cp TO July OF this year
he has spert in the erection OF munlclpal
Ijbrarv buildings like yours over tIV'-
Add this 10 the other sums I have
mentioned or alluded 70. and you nav :
A total known amount or over tnlIty
rriIIi0ns of pounds already expended 1or
The retirement OF men by this weaver
lad and telegraph operator, the youngest
citizen Of Luton.
Thirty millions Of pounds given away
nainstaSincIv. diScriminattngly- on care
frUv studied systems and only dLtS'
1ab0rtous investi CATION. by one man
working almost as hard az glVliIs 49, ewaS
his money as he did in making 1t-slVen
mainly for the benefit OF those as poor
g he once was. to strengthen them oy
LrrovIedge. to help them IN distress 10
I.ron7ote peace in the world ana 10 eie
va+e our common humanity. j am hCl
here to euIOgize the man or MS "oIA-
votI ran put vOur own estimate upon
[o4t NAV onIv say that never before
+ris century has the world seen anything
iiI[e II Perhap ps the official representa-
80 Of his country may be peFmltIeu
80 tn sav that America is the Iand
stflI of oDportunities and that even MI
Carnegie does not stand alone AheI9
are others. o1 o,d
yVaTJ gentlemen. every unusuaI ana
,-,-+-aordinarv thing in the world is cr1u-
cised nowadays. and even gifts Ike TINS
e,aciors and handsome library Whlch
ton receives do not escape IaultIlIld-
- .sThev impose a burden on lhT
-l,-77,r,,,nf+v We are told. For one,
,eioica that they do. A wise providence
I,J,s those who help themselves. ana
a iIdicious philanthropy cannot 1oiIoW
souoder or safer rule UnOer MI
C,arrpgie's plan. 10 get help, coInihu-
- must cO-Operate with him ana heiP
jtse1f-it gets nothing without AT leaSU
--e.Trines il enough to sustain u NoIH-
iy,y for nothing is the wise and lflneAIOie
law for a manly race MS . LDL q.
- - absOlureIv free to the poorest m
habitant of Luton. Out even Tr7e
-,-r-I( for alv good he gets out OF IL Inc
80 iii give him nothing. save as
rss,IIt of his own study. as a reward Lor
- - exertiOu. Thus. neither the
a[,7,,r,,,ritv nor the individual loses SEX
reeT,ec+ or is pauperiZed by getting WIFI
out working. ..t-,
when Mr. Carnegie gave at one stroke
eavantv-eight library buildings 10 Ne"
work Citv he refused all congratGIa. .,iI1l-
t;o1s .iVhat Is easy" he said. Out
RI +eU yOu what l am proud Of am
- Of having induced the second CITY
e. The world 10 furnish free horaries
throughout its limits for every one OF us
inhabitants"
That points. Of course, 20 the rea1
,.,I,Ia of all these library gifts, the up
tif+ For the citizen and the educatlonaI
a5xa1tage for the community. But rlgnt
tTara comes another complaint as IRE
1uart as the one about the cost 10 Ihe
Town for keeping up its library Inc
new complaint is that this educauChaL