Excerpt from An Address on Education: Delivered on the Day of the Laying of the Corner-Stone of Newberry College, July 15, 1857 Believing that the event we are commemorating this day, is the commencement, in this portion of our State at least, of a se ries of efforts and labours, in the promotion of knowledge - the foundation of enlarged means of usefulness and the increase of human happiness, you will indulge us in inviting your attention to a subject which should be prominent in iour minds on an oc casion like this, namely that of Education - the rearing up of the intellectual and moral man, which is to prepare him for his struggles through life, for his labors and efforts in the various duties which are before him, including his moral and religious training; this latter will impress on his mind the sentiments of truth, justice, honour, benevolence and purity of life, fitting him for that higher destination to which the Christian aspires - the hopes of immortality and the bliss of heaven. 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.