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After A Child Has Arrived At The Legal Age For Attending School,-whether He Be The Child Of Noble Or Of Peasant,-the Only Two Absolute Grounds Of Exemption From Attendance Are Sickness And Death.

The Experience Of The Ages That Are Past, The Hopes Of The Ages That Are Yet To Come, Unite Their Voices In An Appeal To Us;– They Implore Us To Think More Of The Character Of Our People Than Of Its Numbers; To Look Upon Our Vast Natural Resources, Not As Tempters To Ostentation And Pride, But As Means To Be Converted By The Refining Alchemy Of Education Into Mental And Spiritual Treasures; ...and Thus Give To The World The Example Of A Nation Whose Wisdom Increases With Its Prosperity, And Whose Virtues Are Equal To Its Power.

If Any Man Seeks For Greatness, Let Him Forget Greatness And Ask For Truth, And He Will Find Both.

Biography, Especially Of The Great And Good, Who Have Risen By Their Own Exertions To Eminence And Usefulness, Is An Inspiring And Ennobling Study. Its Direct Tendency Is To Reproduce The Excellence It Records.

Education Then, Beyond All Other Devices Of Human Origin, Is The Great Equalizer Of The Conditions Of Men, The Balance-wheel Of The Social Machinery.