There is no doubt another point of view from which the War Academy may be differently judged. A University, strictly speaking, is a school of free thought, and should give to those who have lived its life and breathed its spirit a view of the world, of nature and of humanity, of which the characteristic is freedom, spontaneity, independence. The man who in this sense has had a liberal education may be reactionary or progressive in his sympathies, may be democratic or authoritative in his leanings, but in any case if the University has done its work he will choose his own way. He will take his bearings for himself, and his thought will be conditioned by no ordinances and limited by no authority. At this intellectual freedom the War Academy does not aim. Its business is not with the progress of humanity, but with the training of good servants for the King of Prussia. Whether this immediate object is a means to the higher end is a question for the historian in some future century. [1] Schwartz, _Leben des Generals Carl von Clausewitz_, etc., vol. i. p. 151. [2] It is dated August 12th, 1888; Count Moltke's resignation as chief of the general staff of the army is dated in the _Gazette_, August 10th, 1888. [3] Mark Pattison's _Suggestions on Academical Organisation, with Especial Reference to Oxford_, p. 307. [4] Cp. Pattison's _Suggestions_, p. 262. [5] Cp. Paulson's _Suggestions_, p. 165. [6] List of the subjects taught in the Academy, with number of hours per week in each year's course devoted to each:-- 1st 2nd 3rd MILITARY SUBJECTS. year's year's year's course. course. course. Tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 2 Military history . . . . . . . . 3 4 4 Early history of armies . . . . . 1 -- -- Construction and nature of weapons 3 -- -- Fortification . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- -- Means of communication . . . . . -- 2 -- Military surveying . . . . . . . -- 2 -- Military law . . . . . . . . . . -- 1 -- Military hygiene . . . . . . . . -- 1 -- Military geography . . . . . . . -- 2 -- Duties of the general staff . . . -- -- 4 Siege warfare . . . . . . . . . . -- -- 3 NON-MILITARY SUBJECTS.