The Relative Importance of Ancient and Modern Languages: Considered as Branches of General Education (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The faculties have all their legitimate spheres of usefulness, and the benefits to be derived from each depend on their harmonious development. They are, in fact, different instruments, all Of which are indispensable for attaining man's possible perfection; and, as such, they require to be duly improved, and properly applied, to se cure the ends for which he was placed on this earth. Although connected by secret ties, the faculties are yet so independent of each other, that each demands special and distinct exercises for its due cultivation. It is the noble office of education to direct their natural activity, to extend and multiply their various energies, as also to indicate the means by which they may best perform their work, and by which they are most subservient to happiness.

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