William E. Barber
Published: 2018-01-24
Total Pages: 24
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Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Alumni Association of Lafayette College: September 14, 1847 He who supposes that no other instruction is demanded for the duties of the world, than that which is imparted at a college, or an university, has mistaken the end of intellectual effort, and the object of existence. The studies of a collegiate course are designed more to discipline the mind for the acquisition of knowledge, than to furnish it with stores of erudition, to be garnered as a source of pride, and a subject of complacency. The graduate has but gained the vestibule of the temple of knowledge. Within, are contained unnumbered apartments, filled with objects of curiosity and absorbing interest. Some of these apartments the feet of predecessors have already traversed, but the greater number remain still unexplored. The farther the votary proceeds in his inquiries, the more his happiness will be increased, and the greater will become his capacity for use fulness. 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.