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Description:Excerpt from Commencement, July 30, 1873 In introducing the Addresses, Mr. Salisbury, the President, said: Will you permit me to bring to notice an interesting circumstance. John Boynton, Esq., the original founder of this Institute, died before these Walls were erected. Hon. Ichabod Washburn, the founder of the Mechanical Department, died on August 30, 1868, several months before his department was in active operation. He said he desired and hoped to forge the first piece of iron for the shop, but he was not permitted. We rejoice that with the death of these honored benefactors, their sentiments and the thoughts and reasonings which are the framework of the Institute did not die. They still live, not only in the well-considered documents of gift, but also in the persons of the confidential counsellors whose judgment was paramount in determining the scope and system of the enterprise, and they have added more valuable labor as Trustees in the first years. These wise counsellors are with us to-day, and they will address you. Address of Hon. Emory Washburn. The occasion furnishes me the subject of my remarks. In taking part in the closing exercises of an academic year of a school of practical science, I hardly feel at liberty to go outside of the claims of popular education, as we have seen it illustrated here today. In the half hour to which I am limited, not only must I confine myself to a single topic, but even of that I must omit much that would suggest itself as proper for the occasion. I will not stop, when speaking to a Massachusetts audience, to show that, for a young man starting in life, education is an indispensable condition of success. Physical energy, robust health, muscular activity are not enough. He must be taught how to use these; he must learn the relation there is between the functions of the brain and those of the body; he must be able to exemplify the operations of the will and the judgment in applying the forces at his command, in the way of skill, in achieving results, or he will be little better than the savage who wastes the superabundance of his strength in a vain conflict with the forces of nature. The term education does not necessarily imply the study of books nor the discipline of a school. Men are often educated, their powers developed and their judgment disciplined by the circumstances by which they are surrounded. There is a class of self-made men in whom that invaluable quality which we call "mother wit" has been drawn out by the force of necessity, and who, in the ordinary affairs of life, seem to act by a kind of intuitive perception of what others acquire only by diligence and study. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Commencement, July 30, 1873 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Commencement, July 30, 1873 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Commencement, July 30, 1873 In introducing the Addresses, Mr. Salisbury, the President, said: Will you permit me to bring to notice an interesting circumstance. John Boynton, Esq., the original founder of this Institute, died before these Walls were erected. Hon. Ichabod Washburn, the founder of the Mechanical Department, died on August 30, 1868, several months before his department was in active operation. He said he desired and hoped to forge the first piece of iron for the shop, but he was not permitted. We rejoice that with the death of these honored benefactors, their sentiments and the thoughts and reasonings which are the framework of the Institute did not die. They still live, not only in the well-considered documents of gift, but also in the persons of the confidential counsellors whose judgment was paramount in determining the scope and system of the enterprise, and they have added more valuable labor as Trustees in the first years. These wise counsellors are with us to-day, and they will address you. Address of Hon. Emory Washburn. The occasion furnishes me the subject of my remarks. In taking part in the closing exercises of an academic year of a school of practical science, I hardly feel at liberty to go outside of the claims of popular education, as we have seen it illustrated here today. In the half hour to which I am limited, not only must I confine myself to a single topic, but even of that I must omit much that would suggest itself as proper for the occasion. I will not stop, when speaking to a Massachusetts audience, to show that, for a young man starting in life, education is an indispensable condition of success. Physical energy, robust health, muscular activity are not enough. He must be taught how to use these; he must learn the relation there is between the functions of the brain and those of the body; he must be able to exemplify the operations of the will and the judgment in applying the forces at his command, in the way of skill, in achieving results, or he will be little better than the savage who wastes the superabundance of his strength in a vain conflict with the forces of nature. The term education does not necessarily imply the study of books nor the discipline of a school. Men are often educated, their powers developed and their judgment disciplined by the circumstances by which they are surrounded. There is a class of self-made men in whom that invaluable quality which we call "mother wit" has been drawn out by the force of necessity, and who, in the ordinary affairs of life, seem to act by a kind of intuitive perception of what others acquire only by diligence and study. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Commencement, July 30, 1873 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Commencement, July 30, 1873 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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