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what are wise courses to follow in life, and how most advanta- 

 geously to use the accumulated knowledge of mankind. 



The lessons of chief importance in school and home alike 

 are those that teach the wisdom of the ages concerning 

 human conduct that knowledge which the later experiences 

 of life only verify and emphasize. Any education is faulty 

 and incomplete which does not include instruction and 

 practice in those ways of life often referred to as its " virtues" 1 . 

 These cannot be fully taught or sufficiently practised in 

 school alone. Maxims such as are named below characterize 

 a well-ordered life. They are applicable to all individuals 

 in all the walks of life: 



Avoid those indulgences that lead one to live beyond his means. Choose 

 those pleasures in life which are healthful, and which cost little in money 

 and effort. 



Abhor waste of any kind waste of strength, or time, or means. Remember 

 that one's savings rather than his income measures his increase in wealth, 

 and that more wisdom is necessary to spend wisely than to save. 



Choose that kind of an education which shall aid in living a more efficient 

 and wisely ordered life. The worth of an education to anyone is largely meas- 

 ured by what kind of a person it helps him to become, and by what he is en- 

 abled to accomplish because of it. 



Make no exchange of health for pleasure, wealth, or position. He who 

 makes so bad a bargain finds his attainment worthless for lack of health. 



Avoid any conduct, any business practice, any traffic legal or illegal, that 

 advances the interests of one person or class at the expense of another, and 

 results in harm to others rather than their good 2 . 



" Sayings" such as these sum up invaluable experiences 

 of mankind. They correspond to the truths or " facts" 



1 Every generation of American boys and girls should become familiar 

 with the form and significance of some of the sayings of Benjamin Franklin 

 statesman, publicist and scientist. Some of his "wisdom" as it affected 

 American home life of earlier generations may be found in "Poor Richard's 

 Almanac". (Houghton, Mifnin Company: Boston. Paper, fifteen cents.) 



2 Such courses may be classed as criminal in character whether as a business, 

 trade, or practice. However, there is need to distinguish carefully between 

 practices fundamentally criminal, though often legalized, and the person 

 engaged in them who may be innocent of any criminal intent. 



