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What Kind of Education do We Want? “'T éall that a good education, says John Milton, ‘‘which enables a man to perform every duty of Peace and War.” In our efforts to attain this end,—to qualify every man for the every-day duties of citizenship, have we not sometimes aimed too high? Thas not the public purse sometimes’ been given to Academies and Colleges to the neglect of Public Schools . It is useless to gild the spire until we have well cemented the foundation of the public edifice. ‘We want education, in this country, not so much to make men shine in public station, as to illustrate and adorn the walks of private life. We want a system of education that will make agriculture and the mechanic al is profit able and respectable, and honest labor every where honorable. People should be educated to work, educated to think, educated to maintain society, not merely to ornament it. They should be taught the duties of an enlightened citizen ship. In the language of another—‘' The true greatness of our country will appear only when the discoveries of science, and the refinements of literature, shall condescend to ornament our farm-houses and work shops.’’ Then humble life will be attractive, politics will cease to be a trade, government will come really into the hands of the people, and universal contentment will follow universal prosperity. ‘These results can only be secured by a thor ough system of Public School Education, Tre Annapolis Rearveiican.—This paper ,for merly published by FE. S. Riley Sr. and the pub lication of which was suspended for some time, has re-appeared under the proprietorship of Geo. Colton and E.S. Riley Jr. We had the pleasure of a visit from Mr. Colton, one day last week. He is an agreeable and reliable gentleman, of good business qualities, and intelligence. Many of our readers bear him in kindly rememberance, for his services, in relieving them of ‘‘ the cruel Draft,’ by putting in. substitute. Mr. ‘Riley, from what we recollect of ‘him as a student’ at Cumberland Valley Institute is a young man of decided energy and ability. New Paper.—We have received the first num ber of the Howard County Record, a weekly pa per, just started at Ellicott’s mills. It is edited and published by, Mr. Isaiah Wolfersberger, and makes a very creditable appearance. It is to be a neutral in politics. Howard County has long needed a County paper, and we hope the citizens will see the importance of giving it a liberal support. Tur Maxvtaxn Fanner Mecnansc,—publish ed by Mills Co, Calvert street Baltimore, has a most interesting and valuable table of contents for July. Farmers who have not already done 80}, will bid it a good investment to send $1.50 to its palishers and get the magazine for a year.
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The Baltimore County Union
Towson, Maryland, US
Sat, Jul 08, 1865
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