Standard of Education.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1866, 21 June 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)

Standard of Education.

Aocobding to Euskin, an educated man ought to know these things : First, where he is — that is to say, what sort of a world he has got into; how large it is, what kind of creatures live in it, and how ; what it is made of, and what may be made of it. Secondly, where he is going — that is to say, what chances or reports there are of any other world besides this; what seems to be the natttte of that other world. Thirdly, what he had best do under the circumstances — that is to say, what kind of faculties he possesses; what are the present state and wants of mankind; what is his place in sooiety ; and what are the readiest means in his power of attaining happiness and diffusing it. The man who knows these things, and who has his will so subdued in the learning of them that he is ready to do what he knows he ought, is an educated man; and the man who knows them not is uneducated, though he could talk all the tongues of Babel.