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    Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853
    Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853
    Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853
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    Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853

    By C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853 - C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews

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      Title: Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853

      Author: Christopher C. Andrews

      Release Date: March 15, 2009 [EBook #28330]

      Language: English

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      REFLECTIONS

      ON

      THE OPERATION

      OF THE

      PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

      BY

      CHRISTOPHER C. ANDREWS,

      COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

      TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO; AND, WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.

      BOSTON:

      CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,

      111, Washington Street.

      1853.

      BOSTON:

      PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON,

      22,

      School Street

      .

      PREFATORY NOTE.

      The increasing importance of the subject treated of has led the author to revise an article, published nearly two years ago in a monthly journal, and to present it in the following pages. His object is to call attention to what he regards a defect in the operation of our present system of education, and to propose some suggestions for its remedy. That defect consists in the want of moral instruction in our schools. Its existence, he believes, may be attributed to the state of public opinion, rather than to any imperfection in the system itself. For this reason, he is of opinion that remarks on the subject are more necessary, and therefore worthier of the consideration and indulgence of the public.

      35, Court Street, Boston,

      May, 1853.

      THE

      INCOMPLETE OPERATION

      OF OUR

      PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

      The duty of bringing up the young in the way of usefulness has ever been acknowledged as of utmost importance to the well-being and safety of a State. So imperative was this obligation considered by Solon, the Athenian lawgiver, that he excused children from maintaining their parents, when old and feeble, if they had neglected to qualify them for some useful art or profession. Although this principle has universally prevailed in every civilized age, yet the success of its practical operation depends entirely upon what is understood by necessary knowledge and useful employment. If, as among the Lacedemonians and many other nations of antiquity, a useful art consisted chiefly in the exploits of

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