Excerpt from Necessity of Popular Education, as a National ObjectEducation not yet placed on a right basis - Sound views exist, but are not systematised The present an attempt at their combination Ignorance prevails to a horrible extent - The truth that it is con nected with suffering practically disbelieved - Appeal to fear - to jus tice and benevolence-lust notions of the general happiness - Intel lectual and moral necessary to physical improvement - Direct enjoy ment from intellectual and moral elevation - T he higher faculties of man are the gift of God, and intended for cultivation, use, and en joyment.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.