An Address Delivered Before The Literary Societies Of Jackson College

Author : Christian Roselius
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332865690
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book An Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Centenary College, at Jackson, La., on the 25th July, 1854 (Classic Reprint) written by Christian Roselius and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Centenary College, at Jackson, La., On the 25th July, 1854 The question has been sneeringly asked, of what practical benefit is the knowledge of Greek and Latin, and the higher branches of mathematics to those who do not intend to enter the learned professions 2: Persons who propound such questions, seem to have lost sight of the fact, that the. Great and paramount. Object. Of education is, the development and strengthening. Of the powers of the mind; and that that important end, can only be attained by exercising and disciplining the mental faculties. N ow every one Who has bestowed the least consideration on the subject, must know that nothing 1s better calculated to fix the attention, and to induce thought and reflection, than 'the study of the dead languages, and the. Mathematics; Indeed it is obvious, that not one'step can be taken in these studies, without bringing nearly all the mental powers into active Operation. It is'therefore manifest, that, without insisting, for the present, at all, on the manifold other advantages resulting from a proficiency ln classic literature, and the mathe matical and natu1 al sciences, the study of these branches of knowledge is, at any rate, of incalculable benefit as the means of accomplishing the great end of education - the improvement of the mind.' 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 imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.