Author: Abbot Kinney

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9781330220740

Excerpt from Tasks by Twilight "The hard toiler is slow, patient, and conservative, while the student is progressive, as thought will impatiently outrun the slow march of stubborn reality. By joining study with labor, we combine the spirit of progress, development, and adaptation with the spirit of conservatism, both so necessary for the historic development of a nation." - Samuel Royce. Education is generally considered to be the literary preparation given young persons by teachers at home or in our schools and universities. This is the commonly received interpretation of the word. It is an interpretation narrow and incomplete to the last degree. Education, in its complete sense, is the preparation for living, and begins at birth. That portion of it obtained from books and in the schools is the outward flourish, the trimming and the ornamentation, as compared to the solid requirements necessary for a successful life. The absolute essentials for a useful and happy existence are three: First, animal strength - to be a good animal - to have health, vitality, and physical power. Without a due amount of this, no other requirements, no knowledge or information, can be utilized. 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.