...perfectly as possible, the purpose of his life." — Madame Necker de iSaussiire. 4. " Education includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done...bringing us nearer to the perfection of our nature." — John Stuart Mill. 5. " Education is the preparation for complete living." — Herbert Spencer....

...the term must be used in a more limited and definite sense. Mr. Mill narrows the term to include " whatever we do for ourselves, and whatever is done...bringing us nearer to the perfection of our nature," and then, for his immediate purpose (the St. Andrews address), he limits the term to "the culture which...

...beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable," or, according to Stewart Mill, "It includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done...purpose of bringing us nearer to the perfection of our natures," or if, as Herbert Spencer would put it, "Education is the preparation for complete living,"...

...many-sided subjects, it is the one which has the greatest number of sides. Not only does it include whatever we do for ourselves, and whatever is done...by others, for the express purpose of bringing us somewhat nearer to the perfection of our nature; it does more: in its largest acceptation, it comprehends...

...merely, the means are found to be many and diverse. John Stuart Mill, in defining education, said, " In its largest acceptation it comprehends even the indirect effects produced on character and the human faculties by things of which the direct purposes are different — by laws,...

...merely, the means are found to be many and diverse. John Stuart Mill, in defining education, said, " In its largest acceptation it comprehends even the indirect effects produced on character and the human faculties by things of which the direct purposes are different — by laws,...

...opinions of some of the great writers of education as follows: John Stuart Mill : "Education includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done...bringing us nearer to the perfection of our nature." Plato: "The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the...

...of education as follows : John Stuart Mill : "Education includes whatever we do for ourselves a;id whatever is done for us by others for the express...bringing us nearer to the perfection of our nature." Plato : "The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the...

...Spencer : The end in education is preparation for rational living. John Stuart Mill : Education includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done...bringing us nearer to the perfection of our nature. Chambers' Encyclopaedia : Education is confined to the efforts made, of set purpose, to train men in...

...instrument of happiness to himself; and, next, to other beings. 40. JOHN STUART MILL. Education includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done...bringing us nearer to the perfection of our nature. 41. MILTON. A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously...