29th University Convocation of the State of New York, July 8-10, 1891 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from 29th University Convocation of the State of New York, July 8-10, 1891The school, Whether Of the, primary or of the secondary character, as we term it, is the arena In which the American citizen is trained. New York says with the Old Dutch province of Zealand, Education is the cornerstone Of the commonwealth. And if this state regards With peculiar interest and pride the legislators who usually assemble in this chamber, with what feeling should she not regard your deliberations, which are largely directed to the question how best to make those legislators. When the Yankee said to the acute European that the school in this country was the workshop in which all things, if you will allow me, we are to impress upon the people in this state, as the 1esult of your deliberations, that education is not to be valued chie¿y as a material advantage, but as a Spiritual force. It is as-gross a wrong, believe me, to represent education' as merely the means of securing material success as it is to describe beauty as merely giving pleasure to the eye. Doubtless education is the' minister of what we usually call success, doubtless beauty everywhere is pleasing to the eye, but the final end of education as of beauty is the enlargement of the mental horizon, the strengthening of the mental powers, and more than all, the quickening of the spiritual life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.