Teachings of Thomas Huxley 39 



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 Educational Teachings. 



A LIBERAL EDUCATION. 



The question as to what constitutes a liberal 

 education is one for definition rather than for 

 debate. When is a man liberally educated? 

 Does it imply a college training, and does lack 

 of college training debar one from coming un- 

 der the "liberal" -designation.? These and per- 

 haps other questions should be answered satis- 

 factorily before setting out to describe what 

 does and what does not belong under the classi- 

 fication. The term liberal means, of course, 

 broad in the sense that its possessor must know 

 something of the chief branches of general 

 learning. He must have read history, studied 

 literature, discussed politics intelligently, 

 read of and seen examples of the chief master- 

 pieces in painting and sculpture, and finally 

 must be a man of the world interested in all 

 things concerning the welfare of the common- 

 wealth as well as those concerning the develop- 

 ment of his powers of mind and body. This 



