Το DR. HENRY BARNARD, The first United States Commissioner of Education, WHO IN A LONG LIFE OF SELF-SACRIFICING LABOUR HAS GIVEN TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AN EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED, WITH THE ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION OF THE AUTHOR. Οὐ γὰρ ἔστι περὶ ὅτου θειοτέρου ἄνθρωπος ἂν βουλεύσαιτο, ἢ περὶ παιδείας καὶ τῶν αὑτοῦ και τῶν οἰκείων. Plato in initio Theagis (p. 122 B). Socrates saith plainlie, that "no man goeth about a more godlie purpose, than he that is mindfull of the good bringing up both of hys owne and other men's children."-Ascham's Scholemaster. Preface. Fundamentum totius reipublicæ est recta juventutis educatio. The very foundation of the whole commonwealth is the proper bringing up of the young.-Cic. |