Produced by Sigal Alon, Marcia, Fox in the Stars and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net EDUCATION AND THE HIGHER LIFE BY BISHOP SPALDING. EDUCATION AND THE HIGHER LIFE. 12mo. $1.00. THINGS OF THE MIND. 12mo. $1.00. MEANS AND ENDS OF EDUCATION. 12mo. $1.00. THOUGHTS AND THEORIES OF LIFE AND EDUCATION. 12mo. $1.00. OPPORTUNITY AND OTHER ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES. 12mo. $1.00. SONGS: CHIEFLY FROM THE GERMAN. 16mo, gilt top. $1.25. A. C. McCLURG & CO. CHICAGO. EDUCATION AND THE HIGHER LIFE BY J. L. Spalding Bishop of Peoria The business of education is not, as I think, to perfect the learner in any of the sciences, but to give his mind that freedom and disposition, and those habits, which may enable him to attain every part of knowledge himself.--LOCKE SIXTH EDITION CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1900 _Copyright_, BY A. C. MCCLURG AND CO., A. D. 1890. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. IDEALS 7 II. EXERCISE OF MIND 30 III. THE LOVE OF EXCELLENCE 51 IV. CULTURE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE 73 V. SELF-CULTURE 92 VI. GROWTH AND DUTY 117 VII. RIGHT HUMAN LIFE 144 VIII. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 172 EDUCATION AND THE HIGHER LIFE. CHAPTER I. IDEALS. A noble aim, Faithfully kept, is as a noble deed. WORDSWORTH.