262 THE REV. H. J. R. MARSTON, M.A., ON 
equality. The object of all our education and book-learning is to 
develop the best and highest faculties of a man for the work for 
which he is best fitted, and nine-tenths of the population must work 
chiefly with their hands. 
Rey. J. J. CoxHEAD.—May I say a word more ? 
The CHAIRMAN.—Certainly. 
Rey. J. J. CoxHEAD.—I do not think Plato for one moment ever 
contemplated as a fact the composition, the construction of any 
State exactly on the lines of a Republic, and I think that 
Mr. Marston clearly said that: that his idea is ideal and not 
actually practical. 
Dr. TRENCH.—A very interesting question arises in connection 
with all we have heard. Ido not know whether it comes within 
the compass of the subject matter of the lecture we have, with 
great interest, listened to, to consider ina more practical aspect, 
and from the Christian standpoint, what ought to be the aim of the 
State as an instructor in education. 
The CHAIRMAN.—Oh yes, sir, quite. 
Dr. TRENCH.—We stand on a common ground here in believing 
that the State should give education to the members of the com- 
munity. What form should such education take? The Christian 
Faith, we know, recognizes the variety of social position which as 
a community we represent. All do not stand on one dead level: 
the mental and physical endowments of each individual obviously 
vary. Jt seems an outrage on the liberty of the subject that, in 
the name of the brotherhood of man, communities of men should 
ever attempt to interfere with the liberty of the individual. 
(Hear, hear.) 
As education needs to be provided for the general community at 
the public expense, it seems fitting that the aim should be to give 
knowledge of an essentially simple and useful kind—the ground- 
work for the future development of each boy and girl. 
It seems right that knowledge of the three R.’s should therefore 
form the main substance of such an education. In addition, that 
the girls should be practically instructed in simple laws of hygiene, 
in cooking and in sewing; that provision should be made for 
gymnastic open air exercise for boys and girls. Further, as 
I think, special attention should be given to inculcating on all the 
duty of patriotism, and the nobility of showing respect for 
