THE RISING GENERATION 



it is called, "liberal"; that what simply 

 makes common life more intelligent and 

 efficient is not education at all, at least not 

 the education for gentlemen or ladies, for 

 leaders in society. I have heard many a 

 tirade to the effect that a person cannot be 

 liberally educated who is at the same time 

 practically educated, practicality and edu- 

 cation being thought of as opposites. 



We are seeing that all this is wrong. 

 Education is not flimsy, poor, or illiberal 

 because it touches the near interests of man- 

 kind. The education that teaches men and 

 women how to do well the ordinary tasks of 

 life; to master nature and natural difficul- 

 ties ; how to live decently, make their homes 

 and characters beautiful, and their lives 

 successful, is as truly education as any can 

 be. Educational theorists are telling us 

 that the reasoned and scientific considera- 

 tion of matters touching our daily life is 

 specially educative. The best schooling 

 nowadays, in view of its very practicalness, 

 is calculated to be more educative than ab- 

 stract study. 



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