Man in the Light of Evolution 



from human interests, occupations, and life. 

 We are learning that courses of study and text- 

 books are of less importance than the standpoint 

 and personality of the teacher. Mathematics 

 can be made to teem with vitality; biology is the 

 science of life or of death; the " winged words " 

 of Plato and ^schylus may be used as sources 

 of inspiration or as subjects for textual criticism 

 or archaeological exhumations. In my child- 

 hood Milton's " Paradise Lost " seemed to be 

 valued chiefly as a text-book for parsing and 

 analysis. 



In the end, that school or college is best ful- 

 filling its purpose which best maintains and de- 

 velops the physical, mental, moral, and religious 

 health and vigor of its members, which culti- 

 vates the highest ideal, deepens feeling, strength- 

 ens will and purpose, and inspires to the fullest 

 and highest life. The use of education as a 

 means of racial progress is better understood 

 to-day than ever before. 



The press is far younger than even the school. 

 Our taste for literature Is still unformed and un- 

 developed, often decidedly perverted. The best 

 and most life-giving books often form no real 

 part of our environment. They do not furnish 



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