THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
An KnrcATio.vAi. Aim. “What wr an- aiming at in adult cdm-ation is in make people have the sense that they are equals ol anybody with the exception of those who are
“the masters of them that, know.” We may Ik* poor materially, and live in humble dwellings, hut mi long as we have some leisure, and know Imw to use it. and do li-e it. we arc equals with those who have power, wealth, and social position. After all. it ithe eternities, which. in thg long run. count. There are many people who toil with their hands who prefer to read Plato and Wordsworth to playing foot hall. The advantage of being able to read Plato is that one is a bigger person in i onsequein e. How are we to inquire the trained mind in.the higher sense:-' li cannot be done merely by oreasional lectures or settlements. ll must l.e doia* with the liar.l toil of the spirit, and the training like that which men went tlirouiv'i who wished to win a race." I.ord Haldane on “Adult Education.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1924, Page 2
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183THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1924, Page 2
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