Learning must be transformed into life. One would not expect to
find the yeast if he made a cross-section of a loaf of bread.
A cow eats grass all day, but we do not expect the cow to give
grass. She is expected to give milk. A boy may study arithmetic
and learn to do a few examples correctly. He can tell if each
shoe is to have five nails, how many it will take to shoe a
horse. But suppose the horse’s shoes needed six nails? He is
baffled because he has found a case which was not met by his
example; but when he masters the principle of which his sum is
but an illustration, he can address himself to the problems of
life as they come.--EVERETT D. BURR, “Proceedings of
the Religious Education Association,” 1905.
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