A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers man an end in himself and not an instrument whereby something is to be wrought. Its ideal is human perfection.


p. 234 - Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)

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A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers...

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers...

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers...

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers...