1854] WRITINGS OF JOSEPH HENRY. 343 



found fitted for some definite pursuit or position in life, and 

 be possessed of the moral training necessary to render him a 

 valuable citizen and a good man. 



These are some of the subjects which I commend for discus- 

 sion at the present meeting of the Association. The great aim 

 should be to enforce the importance of thorough early train- 

 ing and subsequent high education. It shou-ld be our ob- 

 ject to bring more into repute profound learning, and to 

 counteract the tendency to the exclusive diffusion of popular 

 and mere superficial knowledge. We should endeavor to 

 enlarge the pyramid of knowledge by symmetrical incre- 

 ments, by elevating the apex, and expanding the base, always 

 observing the conditions of stable equilibrium. 



