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For the development of intellect, it is necessary 

 that observation and memory be vitalized by reason. 

 Without the power of linking facts by seeing relations 

 between them the man of learning remains barren. 

 As a mere repository of information, he must always 

 remain inferior to even a mediocre encyclopedia. 

 The schools have always laid too much stress on the 

 value of facts, and too little on the paramount ne- 

 cessity of correlating them and thus making them 

 serve the purpose of leading to new conclusions and 

 fresh points of view. The universities and profes- 

 sional schools share this fault with the primary and 

 secondary schools. The difficulty in securing teach- 

 ers who can educate in the sense of teaching their 

 pupils to think for themselves has always been great, 

 and the reason is obvious. The capacity to see facts 

 in new relations means originality and soundness in 

 thought and the ability to see the trend of events. 

 The men who possess these qualities in high degree 

 are either attracted to the active walks of life which 

 promise large material rewards, or they seek the 

 opportunities for research. In either case they are 

 apt to be repelled by the routine of teaching, and 

 either do not teach at all or teach somewhat grudg- 

 ingly. Sometimes a man of superior ability with a 

 love for teaching remains a teacher during many 

 years, but the number of such persons is always far 

 too small for the needs of the rising generation. 

 There is considerable truth in Shaw's cynical remark, 

 "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." 



