Reflections on the Character and Objects Of All Science and Literature, and on the Relative Excellence and Value of Religious and Secular Education, and Classical Literature Classic Reprint

Thomas Smith Grimk?

ISBN 10: 1330213564 / ISBN 13: 9781330213568

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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• Title: Reflections on the Character and Objects Of All Science and Literature, and on the Relative Excellence and Value of Religious and Secular Education, and Classical Literature Classic Reprint
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330213564
• ISBN 13: 9781330213568
• Binding: PAP
• Condition: New
• Weight: 383 grams

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Excerpt from Reflections on the Character and Objects: Of All Science and Literature, and on the Relative Excellence and Value of Religious and Secular Education, and of Sacred and Classical Literature

It is the duty of Parents and Guardians, of Teachers and Trustees of education generally, to examine the theory and practice Of existing institutions, to inquire how far they have promoted the glory Of God, and individual, social, national welfare: and to consider solemnly, thoughtfully, how far defects can be supplied, and abuses corrected. That these do exist, can hardly be doubted by any one, who reflects on the actual Operation of our schools and colleges, as attested by the unimproved state of the great majority Of minds that have been subjected to their influence. In the mass, who come out of our schools and colleges, how few have acquired any religion at all, or much valuable knowledge, the habit of study, a taste for reading, the love of improvement, and the great art of thinking soundly and reasoning accurately. Yet all these things ourinstitutions profess to teach; although if we look to facts as the criterion, it is, in forty nine cases out of fifty, little more than profession. I speak this, not under the influence of bitterness and contempt, but with fee] ings of deep regret and mortification. It has been our priv ilege, under the blessing Of Providence, to exhibit, for the instruction Of all mankind, the theory and practice Of Gov ernment purified and regenerated, and Religion disencum bered Of the civil and political burthens, under which it groans in the old world. The precepts and examples of the Gospel, not those of Classic Antiquity; the rational princi ples Of British freedom, not the wild and disorderly impul ses of Grecian and Roman liberty; the plain, strong sense, inherited from an English ancestry, not the taste and acute ness of an Athenian people, have wrought these achieve merits, not for us only, but for the ignorant and degraded.

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Excerpt from Reflections on the Character and Objects: Of All Science and Literature, and on the Relative Excellence and Value of Religious and Secular Education, and of Sacred and Classical Literature The three following tracts are on subjects, among the most important and interesting, that can engage the attention of Americans. I have believed that to revise and reprint them at this time, with a view to some discussions connected with the University of the city of New York, would neither be useless nor unacceptable to its Founders, and Patrons, and to the Friends of Education generally. I do not indeed flatter myself, that I shall produce any decided impressions favorable to my views, at all events immediately; for I well know that the majority of educated men are against me, on most of the points, which I present, especially respecting mathematical and classical studies. I have not, however, been deterred by the array of great names, in Europe and America, from the exercise of a candid, independent judgment, on our existing schemes of education. To my conclusions against the opinions and practices of so many great and good men, I have been led gradually and deliberately, through the experience and reflections of more than twenty years. The prepossessions of youth and of early manhood, were all in favor of the Classics and Mathematics. I have then, at least, the satisfaction of knowing, that, like the heathen converted to Christianity, I have wrought out my present convictions against the power of prejudice, the authority of instructors, and all the influences of my own education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfec