Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Bates Student, Vol. 19: January 1891
Suppose that from among a class of college graduates we select four Of equal ability, all Of whom have a gen eral idea Of the classics, mathematics, the sciences, and history, while each has selected one Of these branches as an Object Of special study, each making a different choice. Now 'after these young men have entered upon the ordinary duties of life which, think you, will be best satisfied with his attain ments? The man who can recite Homer by the hour, the one who can (or could once) solve the hardest problem in his dusty Calculus, the one who can give you a string of Latin names for every animal or flower, or he who clearly understands the scores Of historical references that he meets almost every time he picks up a book or a newspaper? You may differ from us, but we should rather be the last. We believe in the study of history. 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.
