The Curse of Wealth.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7874, 17 July 1905, Page 4

The Curse of Wealth.

-Ml! CAHXICUIK'S HINTS TO AM- I uiTioi's Yorrns. ' lir V:l| iew I'nriiegiVs Jidli ~n:l la- | ie-t hook, on which ho has 1 entv*<l ior 21l .vears. is a hio-ra,.,y ol .lames Walt, the inventor oi tlie rnt>iiii*. in this Work the unions i>-'. ml 'philvifcfl.hr^p^si 1 ows unich lil-,111 upon ti:c f,,r,v.s v> it' i„ in his opininn ii'jtkr lor snc--01 Lis i,\\n hnmlilc •' riir, lie |)iu> lii.s iiil h. !„ <! riivld's apli vrism . ■ ']'] 10 bi'sl In rito which a man enn !.»• horn is p «M' .lames Walt, Ik- sa\s 'lhe t'aU-s had o-cji Kinri lo him. ior. Imrdi-netl with wealth nor 'Muk, ihis poor wouW-l.y skilled meIhinic was,, tit have a rair chance hy i l» 'liinnins ai lh« hottom aitKiiig his 1 fellows, the sternest t \ ,*t Jiui'sl of all •'■hools to cull forth >lr-»ngthen ' inherent (jualities, ami iju| el ;l p oo r • MUili*' !!»:♦ n to put forth h'.N Ut!lH>St •hurt when launrhi tJ upon the sea of i where he 'mist either sink , ; v swim, no bladders in reserve f>r him." 1 Of millionaires Mr Carnegie's estiiniU' is not an cntluisiasiic oju* "My knowledge of t/w usual efTect ii che heritage of milliondom upon Ihe sons of mill'tJ nairesi" he sa.vs, "leads me to l|4i<e\v thai it- i:-. neither to the rich nor to the noble that mimm society hiis to look for its innervation and improvtimnl. but »o those who liau* to labour that i' ey may live. TIIK SITUKMi: TEST. "Not from pnbice or castlo. but r<»it* the cottage Wave come, or can coirv\ the needed leaders of our race, ;nder whose it is to ascen'.l. "I he supreme t< l st which proves the inn can come only to tnose born to .rn their own .support." Amontf the book's many aphorisms re the following : "T)v jnibiic have no time to linger >ver a man's mistakes. What conerns as is his triuinj'hs. "We rise upon failures to higher hings, and mistakes, recognised as ich in after days, make ior victor,

"Tin* man who never makes inisnever makes anything. "Th e only poinlt trie wise imin jiaiixls is nol to make tile .same ini;--Vike twice. "(tooci work always toils. "Ability rannot hu kcj>l d,nv-n for •ver : if crushed lo ea<'ih it rises sain. "At all Scottis 1, as at all Ameri:an universities. wo may icjoice that here is a larger number oi'the moj-t Vs'ilingujshed studtnit*. who cultivai' 1 knowledge upon a little oat-meal, and •urnimr nuvcy belw«vn U'itns to pay their way* tiik must ruoMisiM; class. "It is highly probable tn:it a gie.iler proportion of these will le heard from in later years than oi .my olh■r class. ,- (lne of the chief advantam's u Ihe pu.b'lic school is the enduring friendships hoys form there, lirst jn importance though is theii beneficial nlhi'-nce upon character, and. second, as aids to success in alter ijie. "(Jreal is ihe number of instance whcio the ma;i' in position has been ,ibl" to say ihe neech-d word oi recommendation which gave start or i lilt upward to a dearly-cherish, d cln>oliV|low

' There is not -much outcome in the vouth who does not alread.v see himself captain in his dieamsand stv. r ;ii:> barque a<cooding).\. writes Mr Carnegie, who evidently l;eli<*v<s that the l»o> is lather lo the ma,!.