...have now to hale and drag our choicest and hopefullest wits to that asinine feast of sour thistles or brambles which is commonly set before them, as all...food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docile age." It was a time of good, strong, plain words, — and Milton was a man of his time. Again,...

...Commonwealth which he helped to found. But no less exalted ideal is worthy of an American Commonwealth. " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." Such a course...

...Commonwealth which he helped to found. But no less exalted ideal is worthy of an American Commonwealth. " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." Such a course...

...too far from John Milton's famous and admirable definition of a liberal education. He says, "I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." The man is...

...youths, our stocks and stubs, from the infinite desire of such a happy nurture, than we have now to hale and drag our choicest and hopefullest wits to that asinine feast of sow thistles and brambles, which is commonly set before them, as all the food and entertainment of...

...yet in practice." His definition of a liberal education is contained in the following sentence : " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, Bkillf ully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war." " The end,...

...his text a passage from Milton's tractate on Education, wherein the great publicist and poet calls " a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." While urging,...

...insisted principally upon preparation for the actual business of life, and speaks of the dragging of the 'choicest and hopefullest wits to that asinine feast...food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docile age." Locke was also a strong supporter of the practical view of education. Rousseau, too, had...

...every page of his tractate on Education is redolent with the modern spirit. Here are some of his words, "I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public of peace and war." This comprehensive...

...of all others' work and claims. Can we, indeed, improve upon Milton's ideal of a liberal education? 'I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.' " 3. I have...