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than the uneducated. Observe, for instance, 

 how a good worker proceeds in cutting anything 

 say a piece of cardboard and compare his 

 movements with those of an improperly trained 

 worker. The latter seizes the cardboard, takes 

 the tool as it is, traces a line in a haphazard way, 

 and begins to cut ; half-way he is tired, and 

 when he has finished his work is worth nothing ; 

 whereas, the former will examine his tool and 

 improve it if necessary ; he will trace the 

 line with exactitude, secure both cardboard and 

 rule, keep the tool in the right way, cut quite 

 easily, and give you a piece of good work. 



This is the true time-saving celerity, the most 

 appropriate for economising human labour ; 

 and the best means for attaining it is an edu- 

 cation of the most superior kind. The great 

 masters painted with an astonishing rapidity ; 

 but their rapid work was the result of a great 

 development of intelligence and imagination, 

 of a keen sense of beauty, of a fine perception of 

 colours. And that is the kind of rapid work 

 of which humanity is in need. 



Much more ought to be said as regards the 

 duties of the school, but I hasten to say a few 

 words more as to the desirability of the kind of 

 education briefly sketched in the preceding 

 pages. Certainly, I do not cherish the illusion 



