Excerpt from The Education of a People: The Inaugural Lecture Delivered at Macdonald College Therearestillthossamongustowhomtheeonnotationof education'is the three B's, that familiar trio, Beading, Writ ing, andarithmetic, andwholookaskancsatwhattbeycall theintroduction of new subjects into the curriculum. They sakforthsperfect inofthemeans, forexpertnessinhmd lingthe tools. Tilt rattitude remindsoneofthemanwho, hafingafisliplougisditplougheditagaimandyetagain; and on being asked if he meanttoplant anythingsaid, No, I am cultivating it. As if planting were not as much culti vationas ploughing, and as if raisingacmpwerenotof much more social value than mere exercise. I am taking for granted that in this day and generation there is no person whowould denytoanyofhisfellow'oeings thsminimnmof education comprised within the omits of what we term elementary, even though he may once in a while grumble at the school tax and may sometimes feel at heart like the old ladies of the Cranford type, to whom Archbishop Benson, when Chancellor of Lincoln, applied for a subscription to aid_ the night schools he was establishing for men and lads. Theyuid, nive.this to you, Mr. Ohancsllor, toshowour regardfwyombutfcrourownpartspsttyandrsferan ignorant poor. 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.