Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Necessity of Popular Education, as a National Object
Education not yet placed on a right basis - Sound views exist, but are not systematised The present an attempt at their combination Ignorance prevails to a horrible extent - The truth that it is con nected with suffering practically disbelieved - Appeal to fear - to jus tice and benevolence-lust notions of the general happiness - Intel lectual and moral necessary to physical improvement - Direct enjoy ment from intellectual and moral elevation - T he higher faculties of man are the gift of God, and intended for cultivation, use, and en joyment.
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