and whittling. But from the absurdity of an Academic Epitome of
Industry may the good Lord deliver us! And he will deliver us, never
fear, for the law of economy is His law too.
_The greatest educational problem of our time is how to make use of
commercial and industrial establishments as schools to the extent
that they are schools._
The first object of all work is indeed to get food and clothes and
lodging and fuel, but the essence of work is a human discipline as
kindly and beneficent as the sunshine and the rain, and the greatest
need of our time is that the discipline of work come again to its own
in our entire system of education.
_This book is dedicated to the kind of education that is proving
itself at the University of Cincinnati._
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