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In this quarter all culture is loathed which isolates, which sets goals beyond gold and gain, and which requires time: it is customary to dispose of such eccentric tendencies in education as systems of 'Higher Egotism,' or of 'Immoral Culture  Epicureanism.' IN THIS QUARTER ALL CULTURE IS LOATHED WHICH ISOLATES WHICH SETS GOALS BEYOND GOLD AND GAIN AND WHICH REQUIRES TIME IT IS CUSTOMARY TO DISPOSE OF SUCH ECCENTRIC TENDENCIES AND EDUCATION AS SYSTEMS OF HIGHER EGOTISM OR OF IMMORAL CULTURE EPICUREANISM
 which enables one to 'keep in the van of one's age,' from which one can see all the easiest and best roads to wealth, and with which one controls all the means of communication between men and nations. The purpose of education, according to this scheme, would be to rear the most 'current' men possible,--'current' being used here in the sense in which it is applied to the coins of the realm. The greater the number of such men, the happier a nation will be; and this precisely is the purpose of our modern educational institutions: to help every one, as far as his nature will allow, to become 'current'; to develop him so that his particular degree of knowledge and science may yield him the greatest possible amount of happiness and pecuniary gain. Every one must be able to form some sort of estimate of himself; he must know how much he may reasonably expect from life. The 'bond between intelligence and property' which this point of view postulates has almost the force of a moral principle.  AS THAT POINT OF VANTAGE FROM WHICH ENABLES ONE TO KEEP IN THE VAN OF ONE'S AGE FROM WHICH ONE CAN SEE ALL THE EASIEST AND BEST ROADS TO WEALTH AND WITH WHICH ONE CONTROLS ALL THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEN AND NATIONS THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THIS SCHEME WOULD BE TO REAR THE MOST CURRENT MEN POSSIBLE CURRENT BEING USED HERE IN THE SENSE IN WHICH IT IS APPLIED TO THE COINS OF THE REALM THE GREATER THE NUMBER OF SUCH MEN THE HAPPIER NATION WILL BE AND THIS PRECISELY IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR MODERN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO HELP EVERY ONE AS FAR AS HIS NATURE WILL ALLOW TO BECOME CURRENT TO DEVELOP HIM SO THAT HIS PARTICULAR DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE MAY YIELD HIM THE GREATEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS AND PECUNIARY GAIN EVERY ONE MUST BE ABLE TO FORM SOME SORT OF ESTIMATE OF HIMSELF HE MUST KNOW HOW MUCH HE MAY REASONABLY EXPECT FROM LIFE THE BOND BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND PROPERTY WHICH THIS POINT OF VIEW POSTULATES HAS ALMOST THE FORCE OF A MORAL PRINCIPLE
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