After giving away some few millions in comparatively small sums Mr. Carnegie has resolved upon making " more than princely gift to his fellow Scotsmen. He is going to devote a sum of £2,000,000 to the establishment of a fund' to enable every young studious Scotsman to receive free education at the universities of his country. The scheme, it is said, involves indeed good deal more than this. The full details are not yet before us; in fact it would appear to be due to a breach of confidence that we know as much as we do about it. When the announcement was first made various difficulties were raised. It was pointed' out that the fees exacted by the Scottish universities cover only a small proportion of the expenses. If therefore Mr. Carnegie's generosity resulted in a vast influx into the universities those uni versities would be put to enormous ad-Citional expenses which they would bary no way of meeting. We are assured, however, that when we are in possession of the full scheme we shall find that all these difficulties have been met, and shall admit that "history has never shown anything 0 munificent or so splendid in design."
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