Occasional Addresses (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Capen, Elmer Hewitt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330739566 ISBN 13: 9781330739563

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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You will naturally expect, however, and the occasion itself would seem to demand, that I should take up some topic which has a direct and immediate bearing on the Objects which this institution and those of a kindred nature are seeking to accomplish. Moreover, the air is rife just now with discussions of questions pertaining to education. The most eminent thinkers both in this country and in Europe, are giving profound attention to this subject, which is perhaps as vitally related as any other to the civilization and progress of humanity. On either side of the water theories are advanced which touch not only the methods and Objects, but may I not say, the kind and quality of intellectual culture. If we trusted alone to certain prominent, but, I believe, superficial signs we might conclude that a revolution impends in relation to nearly every kind of teaching both primary and academic. It can scarcely be, however, that the world is ready for such sweeping changes.

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It has been intimated in certain quarters that I would embrace this occasion to announce the policy by which I propose to be governed in performing the duties with which I have just now been clothed. If I had a policy which differed materially from that which has been in successful operation here since the foundations of this College were laid, this might be, perhaps, the fitting time to set it forth. But I am no revolutionist or iconoclast, if I were I should not have ventured to respond to the summons which has placed me in this chair. I have supposed that the honorable and reverend gentlemen who have seen fit to commit to my keeping this great and solemn trust have been guided by the conviction that, in some way, I may be instrumental in carrying out the wise intentions of the projectors and founders of this seat of learning.

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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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330739566
• ISBN 13: 9781330739563
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 254