The study class : a guide for the student of English literature . s of the Study of the Eng-lish Drama 98 IX. Introductory to the Study of Poetry 137X. Outlines of the Study of English Poetry 144 XL Introductory to the Study of Brown-ing 187 XII. Outlines of the Study of Browning 193 XIII. Introductory to the Study of the English Essay 226 XIV. Outlines of the Study of the Eng- lish Essay 232 THE STUDY CLASS. i. CONCERNING CHOICE OF SUBJECT. HE best educated mind is not the onewhich is in possession of the largestnumber of facts; it is the mind whichis most capable of examining a sub-ject, of
The study class : a guide for the student of English literature . s of the Study of the Eng-lish Drama 98 IX. Introductory to the Study of Poetry 137X. Outlines of the Study of English Poetry 144 XL Introductory to the Study of Brown-ing 187 XII. Outlines of the Study of Browning 193 XIII. Introductory to the Study of the English Essay 226 XIV. Outlines of the Study of the Eng- lish Essay 232 THE STUDY CLASS. i. CONCERNING CHOICE OF SUBJECT. HE best educated mind is not the onewhich is in possession of the largestnumber of facts; it is the mind whichis most capable of examining a sub-ject, of forming its own opinions concerning it,and of understanding its relations to other sub-jects in literature and in life. If we desire toattain this mental power, what class of studiesshall we choose as best helpers on our way?Shall we embrace science ? Science, it is urged,deals with certainties; it brings facts, and re-nounces guess-work; it lays down rules that areof immense importance to the individual and tothe race at large ; it explains the laws and forces. 14 THE STUDY CLASS. amid which we live every day, and is indeed ouronly exact knowledge. Granting all that may be claimed for the im-portance of science as a practical guide for thecare of our bodies and our houses, our cities andour farms, it is still true that there are large sec-tions of human life — and those the sectionswhich most shape the daily conduct, the entiremoral, affectionate, spiritual nature of man —with which science has nothing to do, exceptvery indirectly. On the questions that concernmans greatest interests — the questions thatreach into mans deepest life as a social, ethical,loving, rational creature — science is for themost part silent. True, there is in this regardconsiderable difference in the different branchesof science. The superior sciences, like astron-omy and geology, widen the outlook more thanthe experimental sciences; meteorology inspiresmore than mineralogy; physiology more than
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