...general sense ; and when he goes on to define a complete and generous education as 'that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war,' the words might still, perhaps, bear a common interpretation ; but as soon as he comes to describing...

...and in ours also, it is— in Milton's words— "the complete and generous education that fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war." A hundred years hence it may mean a scientific education. In Dryden's time it was a learned one. (2)...

...century, Milton's noble definition of ' a complete and generous education,' as ' that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war ' — (' all which,' he adds, ' may be done between twelve and one-andtwenty — less time than is...

...give is none other than what Milton calls the ' complete and gênerons education' that 'fite a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war. ' " This being done, the increased college attendance is a pleasing feature of educational progress....

...tenderest and most docible age. I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war. And how all this may be done between twelve and one and twenty, less time than is now bestowed in pure...

...reason itself. — Milton. EDUCATION. — I call that a complete and generous education which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war. — Milton. EDUCATION. — " Good instruction is better than riches," was the motto that William Penn,...

...Academic Hall of Phillips Academy, Andover, Feb. 7, 1866, by Hon. Philip H. Sears, of Boston. " fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war." Th« importance and necessity of the secondary object and function of the institution they fully appreciated...

...and most docible age.' I call, therefore, a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all...offices both private and public, of peace and war." And how all this may be done between twelve and one-and-twenty, lees time than is now bestowed in pure...

...citizenship. "I call, therefore," says Milton, " a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all...offices, both private and public, of peace and war." The public duties of peace and of war ; but pre-eminently, let us hope, in this republic, for generations...

...planned and conducted, is a main ingredient in that complete and generous education, which fits a man* 'to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously,...offices, both private and public, of peace and war.' " But to pass from the consideration of the dangers common to all, and to proceed to what is peculiar...