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4:4: Teachings of Thomas Huxley 



ing are by no means interchangeable terms. 

 The ideal unfversity exists chiefly in the imag- 

 inations of educational reformers, or in the 

 minds of those who do not at all favor present 

 methods of instruction in any of their details. 

 There is, however, according to Huxley, an 

 ideal university which is a simple modification 

 of what we now have, and which he character- 

 izes as follows: "In an ideal university, as I 

 conceive it, a man should be able to obtain in- 

 struction in all forms of knowledge, aud disci- 

 pline in the use of all the methods by which 

 knowledge is obtained. In such a University 

 the force of living example should fire the stu- 

 dent with a noble ambition to emulate the learn- 

 ing of learned men, and to follow in the foot- 

 steps of the explorers of new fields. The very 

 air he breathes should be charged with that 

 enthusiasm for truth, that fanaticism of verac- 

 ity which is a greater possession than much 

 learning; for veracity is the heart of morality." 

 Such an institution would classify the forms 

 of knowledge somewhat after this fashion : 



1. Knowledge of man's mental faculties as 

 derived from a study of Logic and Psychology. 



2. Knowledge of man's welfare as derived 

 from a study of Sociology and the teachings of 

 Moral and Religious Philosophy. 



3. Knowledge of phenomena of the Universe 

 as derived from the physical sciences, Astron- 

 omy, Chemistry, Physics, etc. 



