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cal science, for you will be sure that, the more you 

 know of physical science, the more you will know of 

 the works and of the will of God." — Rev. Charles 

 Kings ley, of England. 



GENERAL PRINCIPLES 



" Our whole system of instruction requires an hon- 

 est, thorough, and candid revision. It has been for 

 centuries the child of authority and precedent. God 

 intended us for progress, and we counteract his de- 

 sign when we deify antiquity, and bow down and 

 worship an opinion, not because it is either wise or 

 true, but merely because it is ancient." — Francis 

 Wayland, D.D., late President of Bivwn University. 



" We display a singular disregard of the plain in- 

 dications of nature, who herself points out the order 

 in which the faculties should be drawn out into action. 

 We have inverted the natural order just as complete- 

 ly as possible. And this inversion of the order of 

 nature, carries with it the unfortunate consequences 

 that no satisfactory knowledge is acquired at last. 

 — F. A. P. Barnard, LL.D., President of Columbia 

 College. 



The pioneer of material progress has fought his 

 battle and is victorious. His victory has also made 

 the vanquished truly victorious, for it raises both 

 the 'just and the unjust ' into a higher civilization. 

 But the advocate of educational reform has under- 

 taken a more difficult task — more difficult because he 



