...of our classics. The fine definition of education here given has never been improved upon: " 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." This is the...

...of our classics. The fine definition of education here given has never been improved upon : " 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." This is the...

...this island." The author began his treatise with a definition that was destined to become famous. " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnamiiiously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." And then,...

...of all others' work and claims. Can we, indeed, improve upon Milton's ideal of a liberal education? 'I call, therefore, a complete and generous education...that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully iand magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.' " 3. I have already...

...we have not to hale and drag our choicest and hopefulest wits to that asinine feast of sowthistles and brambles which is commonly set before them, as...food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docible" age. I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly,...

...tractate on Education gave a marvellously clear outline of what the state conceives education to be: I call, therefore, a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, MAT 22, 1915] SCHOOL AND SOCIETY 723 skilfully and magnanimously all the offices, both private and...

...perfection. The second definition makes clear what is meant by the emphasis on virtue in the first : 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. It is this large...

...like him," and shortly afterwards declares, 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...

...educational benefits. In one of his writings on education, the English poet John Milton advocated HA complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully (sic) and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war . " Nearly three and...

...use educational benefits. In one of his writings on education, the English poet John Milton advocated "A complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully (sic) and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war . " Nearly three and...