New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-30
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r CONDUCT or LIFE. AND OTHER AD-
Itn,vSSTS By Niscount hadans limo. ID.
~ P DG9on 4 Co
uirb scholarship, both academic and
MARIAN. and distinguished achieve
80. 80 IN philosophy, literature, science
~ AZ. are perhaps more common
'- 80 the public men Of Great Britain
CIV HD - auy other modern country. To
"a further ahe,d. the memory Of
r-,sent generation recalls the
.H ~ Argyll. Disrseh, Gladstone,
S'i;.burv. Balfour, Avebury, Morley,
rasobsrv and others; each of whom
80 have become noted for either his
mi, services OF his intellectual at
,.;-msnts and contributions. To the
.or,nsny Of those whom we have men
...n.d who are sul living, this little
49, reminds US, the name of Lord
Vsldane Is 70 be added.
1.;ssss msny-sided thinker and the
uas,,r Of a persuasive style in dis
.oTrs;ng upon great variety Of
.t.mss that he reveals himself in these
les There are only four addresses
ber.. but they are or SUBJECTS even
NOR. widely separated than the places
IN three different countries In which
,bsv were delivered. The first, which
,;,.s IN, title 70 the volume, delivered
g, the University Of Edinburgh, strikes
;,aeed the KEYNOTE Of all; for the con-
5rct Of life is fundamental to all its
activities. individual or collective. 1t Is
. lof,v note. too; instinct with spirit
r.l;.v above all material and utilitar-
ian purposes, and proclalmlng, with
schiller. that mere life itself is not the
highest good There is large meas
rye Of inspiration in such a present
rept from a particularly practical
LAWYER and administrator, whose deal
inrs have chiefly been with the nom
idsslist side Of the world, but who
from amid his matterof-fact argu-
ments and dry-as-dust details Of bust
ness exclaims with Goethe-borrowinG
the germ Of the thought from Paul
The fashion Of this world passes away,
and it is with what is abiding that |
would fam concern myself
Lord Haldane has not himself pro-
duced any purely historical works, and
,b,refore his London University lect-
NE on Truth in History is not mere
eyplotation Of his own method Of
writing. Here again pleasing con-
trsst is presented, for the author,
whose mind is essentially scientific and
ANALYTICAL. makes d most convincing
Plea for history as an art as well as
science: in which we must esteem him
70 be quite right The accuracy OF
science is needed, but so, too, is the
interpretative power of art. That is
why histories. such as those of Niche
le.. Macaulay and Carlyle have peren-
NAL and indestructible vitality. They
omit a thousand details upon which
some painstaking annalists would
dwell, but they are presentations by
great artists Of the spirit OF period,
and the artists are great because with
The power of genius they have drawn
portraits which we recognize as re-
sembhng the results of direct percep-
ton
In discussing the functions of Civic
University a. the University Of Bristol
L0EQ HalQdlt IcCdl4tu tAS Aoe va"
such institutions were formerly per
yaded b. a spirit of utilltarianlsm I;
which. indeed, still perceptbly cllngs
10 some OF them. They were regarded
as good and useful only so far as
they impaired aptitude for commercial
achievement or industrial production;
in brief. as sublim2ted business train
ing schools In the United States, we
remember. there used to be a prejudice
against college or university training
for business men on the ground that
II not only failed 10 impart an aptitude
for their calling, but actually created
unhtness for it. That prejudice is van
ishing here, while in Great Britain, con-
verse; j. men are realizing that culture
IS. after all. conducive TO efficiency;
that applied science must have. for IT'S
best results, a basis of pure science;
and that the most successful specialist
is he who has the amplest preparation
Of general training. 1t is not possible
Of course, for all 10 have university
education The majority have not the
capacity, the time or the means TO &C
oui.e it. But the theory OF the clvlc
unl.stslry. as il exists in the United
Kingdom, is to provide the opportunity
for il, for all who can avail them selves
Of il. That is the doctrine which the
author commends.
Ii was less than two years ago that
Lord Haldane addressed the American
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