The Utility of Knowledge-Making as a Means of Liberal Training

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Excerpt from The Utility of Knowledge-Making as a Means of Liberal Training: Inaugural Address Delivered at the Opening of the Fortieth Session of Dalhousie College, Halifax, N. S., September 13th, 1899And while the possession of knowledge is essential to power, it is not the possession of an outfit of knowledge at the beginning of active life that is essential, but the posses sion of such outfit when it is wanted. In the old days the world's whole stock of knowledge was so comparatively small, that it was possible in the period of tutelage to get an outfit of its principles at least. At the present day the world's stock is so large, that the school and college can no longer furnish a corresponding outfit. Yet the men of the present day are at little disadvantage on that account. For as the volume of knowledge has increased, its accessibility has increased also. And thus, provided the student of to day has been trained to acquire knowledge, has been taught in fact the most important of the three R's, the art of read ing, with all that the art of reading involves, he can readily provide himself at any time with such information as he may require. Thus, nowadays, it is not so much knowledge that is even one of the conditions of success, as a well developed power of acquiring knowledge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.