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1、TheSocialValueoftheCollegeOFightbealittlenonplussedtoansountofmeditationhasbroughtmetothisasthepithiestreplyyselfcangive:Thebestclaimthatacollegeeducationcanpossiblymakeonyourrespect,thebestthingitcanaspiretoacplishforyou,isthis:thatitshouldhelpyoutoknoan.Thisisastrueofensasofmenscoll
2、eges;butthatitisneitherajokenoraone-sidedabstractionIshallnoonlyhearaboutthecontrastbetoreliberalculture,thebroaderoutlook,thehistoricalperspective,thephilosophicatmosphere,orsomethingadeintoanefficientinstrumentfordoingadefinitething,youhear,attheschools;but,apartfromthat,youmayremai
3、nacrudeandsmokykindofpetroleum,incapableofspreadinglight.Theuniversitiesandcolleges,ontheotherhand,althoughtheymayleaveyoulessefficientforthisorthatpracticaltask,suffuseyourentalityethingmoreimportantthanskill.Theyredeemyou,makeyouakegoodpanyofyoumentally.Iftheyfindyouind,theycannotle
4、aveyouso,asatechnicalschoolmayleaveyou.This,atleast,ispretended;thisisongcollege-trainedpeopleuchdoesthissignify?Itiscertain,tobeginethingmoreforamanthantomakeaskilfulpracticaltoolofhim鈥攊tmakeshimalsoajudgeofothermensskill.bing,itdevelopsacriticalsenseinhimforthatsortofoccupation.Heun
5、derstandsthedifferencebetaymeananyhoay,ifcircumstancesfavor,spreadintohisjudgmentselseanydifferentdepartmentsofactivity.Insofarforth,then,eventhehumblestmanualtrademaybegetinoneacertainsmalldegreeofposprimarilynottobenarroadegoodjudgesbeteofthehumanities,andtheseareoftenidentifiedanit
6、y-value;sothatinabroadsensethehumanitiesmeanliteratureprimarily,andinastillbroadersensethestudyofmasterpiecesinalmostanyfieldofhumanendeavor.Literaturekeepstheprimacy;foritnotonlyconsistsofmasterpiecesbutislargelyaboutmasterpieces,beinglittlemorethananappreciativechronicleofhumanmaste
7、r-strokes,sofarasittakestheformofcriticismandhistory.Youcangivehumanisticvaluetoalmostanythingbyreachingithistorically.Geology,economics,mechanics,arehumanitiesentsofthegeniusestoainsgrammar,artacatalogue,historyalistofdates,andnaturalscienceasheetofformulasandeasures.Thesiftingofhuma
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