Author: Ira Mayhew

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9781330902820

Excerpt from The Means and Ends of Universal Education When about to engage in enterprises of any kind, it is befitting that persons should first settle in their own minds the ends they propose to attain, in order that they may wisely adapt the means to be pursued, to the accomplishment of these ends. If the responsibilities about to be assumed are delicate in their nature, and far-reaching in their consequences, it is eminently proper that the candidate should seek to be duly and truly prepared, and well qualified, that he may prove in some degree adequate to the task to which he thus voluntarily devotes himself. But what relation is so delicate and responsible in its nature, and what so far reaching in its results, as that of the parent to his offspring? or that of the teacher to his pupils? And what positions are more thoughtlessly assumed, or sustained with less solicitude, than are these, in perhaps the great majority of cases! The consideration of these facts necessarily awakens deep and earnest solicitude in appreciating minds. It is lamentable to consider how many parents there are - and how many teachers, even - who never thoughtfully consider the ends of human life, and the means which are necessarily connected therewith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.