You and I; . A PLEA FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF MOTHERS. BY F. S. BURTON, B. S., LL. ODERN civilization plumes itself upon itssupposed advance over all other civilizations\ in the depth and extent of its culture; butit is not impossible that it overrates is emphatically the age of the practical. Theend of all education, it teaches, is to assist in making afor the learner. The intellect must be trained towork directly for the sustentation of the body. The test ofa course or curriculum of study usually is this:—Will it aid onewho pursues and completes it in his struggle for bread
You and I; . A PLEA FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF MOTHERS. BY F. S. BURTON, B. S., LL. ODERN civilization plumes itself upon itssupposed advance over all other civilizations\ in the depth and extent of its culture; butit is not impossible that it overrates is emphatically the age of the practical. Theend of all education, it teaches, is to assist in making afor the learner. The intellect must be trained towork directly for the sustentation of the body. The test ofa course or curriculum of study usually is this:—Will it aid onewho pursues and completes it in his struggle for bread andbutter; or, if more ambitious, in accumulating wealth ? Hence,this is the age of industrial schools, and business colleges,— ofclasses in cookery, and schools of journalism,— all of whichinstitutions are well; but most of which fail because they arefounded on a mistaken idea of the end to be attained, and are 109 110 A PLEA FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATIOX OF MOTHERS. hence inadequate to accomplish even the partial results theirfounders have in view at their inception. For those wh
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