...letter to Master Hartlib. "I call, therefore," says he, "a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform, justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." Anniversary Sermon preached before the Society of Gentlemen educated...

...pursuits of after life." (P. 6, 7.) Milton defines liberal education to be " that generous education which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war ;" and Dr. Arnold speaks of it as the object of education to "train...

...education (followed closely by Locke in his account of the education of a gentleman), ' that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.' Though the term ' private' is vague, yet the expression ' offices of...

...I. WHAT IS EDUCATION? What is Education f (1.) I call a complete and generous Education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war. — Milton. (2.) I call that Education which emhraces the culture of...

...in this place his idea of a good education: „I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war*)«. For this purpose we think it fit to preface our translation with...

...happily planned and conducted, is a main ingredient in that complete and generous education, which fits a man ' to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war *.'" The view of Liberal Education, advocated in these extracts, is expanded...

...average culture. Milton exclaims, " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously...offices, both private and public, of peace and of war." This is what we wish to realize, but it cannot come from any scheme of educating people for their "...

...century and every successive age : " I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." That games are far from doing this is indisputable, though games...

...remember those noble words of Milton : " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." * But when, in the very next sentence, he proceeds to call attention...

...in the true spirit of Renaissance Humanism, "I call ... a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." He opposes early emphasis on such "abstract" studies as rhetoric and...