REMARKS BY MR. CARNEGIE XVll 



eral gentlemen also suggested that it was too liberal, and threw too 

 much responsibility upon them. Mr. Arthur Balfour was one of 

 these. I replied to him that my experience was that it is not with- 

 out the greatest difficult}^ we find men who can legislate for their 

 own generation, and sometimes we are not quite successful even in 

 that ; but, I asked, " Have you ever seen, or heard of a body of men 

 wise enough to legislate for the next generation ? ' ' He answered 

 ' ' No, I never have ' ' ; and ' ' You are quite right ; that is the wisest 

 provision I have ever heard of in a trust deed. ' ' 



I have nothing more to say to you, gentlemen, having already 

 expressed my thanks ; but, as I began with doing this, I feel that I 

 should also like to end doing so, and therefore, I thank you again. 



