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Show T When the Rich Die. This from the Israelite is truthful and suggestive. sugges-tive. All the better if editors and priests put it in their pipes and smoked.it: "Whenever a very rich . man dies, the newspapers news-papers preach very- edifyingly to the young man who wishes to succeed. They point impressively to the industry, economy and perseverance that have led, in the respective instance, to conspicuous success. The imprcssioif one generally carries away from any frank description of this kind of career' is that there has been principally 'a certain single-mindedness, which, sustained by great energy and unusual physical as well as mental resources, re-sources, led straight on to conspicuous eminence. The one fact upon which the newspapers do not dwell is that economy has often more than one mean, selfish and petty aspect; that single-mindedness to the aim of personal advancement often involves hard-heartedness to others, injustice to higher claims ; that there has often gone, hand in hand with this determined specializing, an atrophy of other human interests. This will, of course, nt apply to all instances; but. 'when tlie success is set up on a pedestal for admiration, the errors and failings that accompanied it should have the same calcium light turned upon theni as warning examples. Of the dead there should be said nothing but the truth." ' ' 4- ' |