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Excerpt from God in Education: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Dickinson College, July, 1852
We have hence, examples of youth who enter an Academy, or College, simply because it is deemed respect able. Some family pride is to be gratified. The name of being a College graduate is the realization of the loftiest aspirations of childhood. Hence a mere mechanical atten tion to books, a free use of translations, or habitual depe deuce upon class mates. Hence an idle, listless mode of spending time, and indifference to minus, so long as it does not amount to a fatal number. Simple promotion from year to year is the height of ambition. Under the, domln ion of such an aim - to be recommended by the Faculty, to be included in the mandamus of the Board, and listen to the long anticipated, cajus hoeoe diploma sit testimo mum, is glory enough for one college life. What num bers have thus wasted the most precious part of their time - spread the infection of their indolence and fashion able vices far and near - dragged themselves through a routine of classical studies, and passed out into the world with all the assurance and pretensions which an affecta tion of learning can give; and all for the want of a just mm m the use of college privileges. 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.
