Author : H. Holman
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ISBN 13 : 9781330601860
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis English National Education a Sketch of the Rise of Public Elementary Schools in England (Classic Reprint) by : H. Holman
Download or read book English National Education a Sketch of the Rise of Public Elementary Schools in England (Classic Reprint) written by H. Holman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English National Education a Sketch of the Rise of Public Elementary Schools in England Not wealth but the power to produce wealth is the true measure of the commercial prosperity of a country. Not men but minds are the first requisites for superiority in production. Not handcraft but braincraft is the prime source of productive excellence. Not a worker but an intelligent worker is the mainstay of the industrial world. Not a machine but the creative and guiding intelligence is the greatest economizer. Mind is the great parent machine, and the great master machine. The mechanical is never the highest expression of the rational. Therefore, the best capital of a nation is the brain-power of its people. What did Prussia do when humbled to the dust by France? Reformed her schools. What did France do when crushed by Germany? Reformed her schools. The competition of nations is a battle of minds. Not the mere fighter, but the thinker is victor to-day. It would appear that the French were not less heroic, but worse organized, in their last great war. Germany is our rival in trade because she is our superior in schools. Just as Waterloo was said to have been won in the playing-fields (and class-rooms - epigrams are always incomplete) of Eton, so the world's commerce is being won and lost in our schools. If this be so, our country can have, in practical affairs, no higher interest, no supremer duty, and no more valuable investment than is to be found in securing an unequalled system of national education. It behoves every intelligent citizen, therefore, to know what is involved in this matter, what has been done, and what is still required. We ought to concern ourselves very seriously about what is being done to raise to its highest powers the collective reason of the nation, by developing the minds of the individuals; and whether we are most effectively cultivating, improving, and expanding the rational resources - the chief beginning and chief end of national greatness - of the kingdom. 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.
