Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . A, the capital—B, shaft—C, architrave —D, frieze—E, cornice A J the cornice—B, the base—C, the plinth* Importance of Education to the Practical Artizan. Importance of Education to the Prac-tical Artizan.—An opinion both danger-ous and pernicious to the mechanics of ourcountry is prevailing among the majority ofthem. They imagine that Hterature, science,and general information, are unnecessary tothem; and, that if they are acquainted withthe commonest rules of arithmetic, read-ing, \VTiting, and the trade to which they
Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . A, the capital—B, shaft—C, architrave —D, frieze—E, cornice A J the cornice—B, the base—C, the plinth* Importance of Education to the Practical Artizan. Importance of Education to the Prac-tical Artizan.—An opinion both danger-ous and pernicious to the mechanics of ourcountry is prevailing among the majority ofthem. They imagine that Hterature, science,and general information, are unnecessary tothem; and, that if they are acquainted withthe commonest rules of arithmetic, read-ing, \VTiting, and the trade to which they arecalled, they have all the acquirements theirbusiness demands. What have we to do,say they, with polite literature, with histor},with the deeper branches of mathematics,the art of composition, eloquence, philoso-phy, &c. ? They have nothing to do withour profession; we are to get our bread bythe sweat of the brow ; and we leave thesebranches of education to the ministers, thedoctors, and the liwyers of the land. Now, as long as sentiments like these pre-vail among mechanics, and the laboringclasses of the community, s
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