The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30
SERMON TO YOUTHS
 TOLD BY HLGGLNSON


 Major Henry L. Higginson. who. last week observed his 80th birthday. is quoted in tho Sunday Globe:
 "My message to young men is this; First. think of your job and not of yourself and second. remember that the only lasting satisfaction anyone gets out Of lie is what he does for other people.
 'It Is a question whether young people ever learn these things except in the school Of experience. They have their way to make and living to earn, and the years of getting started are not easy. But everything which they young men have to 80 through today think had to be gone through by the young men of my time
 pbe things the young men today are saying and thinking we were say ing and thinking, and ] dare say the young people always speak md think so. Challenge was in the air Wo set little store by convendons-too little, probably Conventions can be very useful; but VIC had little use for them. Then came tho war, and hook ed up an this odd lot of idealai gave them something to do. TO so was no sacrifice. It was joy ] think my army service was as happy time as ] ever spent in my life.
 When the questions of tho Union and of slavery were settled, ] wont South and tried cotton growing with q few other men. We went down there with about SSo.oo0 and came back with five
 Later ] came 10 New York. was not wanted tines were bad. But did my sharel and by and by they improved. Then came two or three wonderfully good years, and my pence ful business of lie began.
 'I have never cared about accumu- lntng money ] have cared about mak- ing =it-because of what ono can do with it.
 Suppose man accumulates a for tune of $30,0OO,000 He dies. What good is 1t to him? # people would only realize that what pays the high est return is the human dividend!
 1T think 3fr. Carnegie is getting something out of his money-some durable satlsfactions.
 "The notion of the Symphony or. cbestra was with mo vaguely in the flfties when ] was in Europe, with no very clear idea of what was going to do saw Europe enjoying all it's arts and music and felt my own coun. try to be pretty poor In such things. It was pretty barren of enioyments in those days; dull Meeting Mrs. Kemble one timo she remarked to me: You have planted flower in Q corndeld,' which was about my inc tenton.
 Since then, one thing has led to another. The great thing about doing one thing well is that lt gets you a chance to do something else-the same way. Facts have come up which had to be faced, and have beon called to help face them. It is at such times that you learn the importance and Che unimportance of money.
 q remember we had a particularly difficult situation to face here in the city a number Of years ago, to relieve which involved spending great deal Of money What shall VIC do2 they asked Spend it, said ], in Heay- en's name, spend it! What is money
 We have said that we can getI along without kings and emperors and dukes to rule us. that we can govern We'll let's do it.
 sThat Is job which i5 going to require enormous thought and pa- dance, and effort, and even sacrifice. l Democracy is anything but simple l and if you yonng mon can see 8 way out Of our labor difhculties you win oe the cloyeror lellows than we havel 9eon
 When wrote that article in tho Survey last winter, 10 ask that the people try to get the other fellows 1oin of view it was misunderstood. ! What gnid was that in sueh @ world is this at present. we could not ex- Dect justice