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after, in fulfilment of its end the_._good of man- 

 kind ; then it is nlpnr thai, the Ciovcrnmont may 

 undertake to educate, tko poople.. For educatio 

 promotes peace by teaching men the realities of 

 life and the obligations which are involved in 

 the very existence of society.; it promotes intel- 

 lectual development, not only by training the 

 individual intellect, but by sifting out from the 

 masses of ordinary or inferior capacities, those 

 who are competent to increase the general wel- 

 fare by occupying higher positions ; and, lastly, 

 it promotes morality and refinement, by teaching 

 men to discipline themselves,' and by leading 

 them to see that the highest, as it is the only 

 permanent, content is to be attained, not by 

 grovelling in the rank and steaming valleys of 

 sense, but by continual striving towards those 

 high peaks, where, resting in eternal calm, reason 

 discerns the undefined but bright ideal of the 

 highest Good " a cloud by day, a pillar of fire 

 by night." 



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