Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Annual Graduating Exercises of Peirce School of Business and Shorthand, American Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1893
In our day, however, the work and object' of education have entirely changed in accordance with the more intricate and elaborate life by which we are surrounded and in. Which we perform our part. The variety and magnitude of human occupation both mental and physical require Special prepara tion for each branch of service to which man devotes himself. The time has gone by when we may consider ourselves expert by instinct. It is enough now for each man to do one thing well. We respect and have confidence in one accomplishment, and we call it power in the professions - skilled labor in the trades. And for the attainment of this accomplishment we devote ourselves to specialties in education and establish Schools of Technology, Business Colleges, Industrial Insti tutes to prepare ourselves for the daily toil of life.
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