Greek and
Latin will then occupy the place which Assyrian or Egyptian hieroglyphic
occupies now, and children will be directly prepared for the duties
which await them.
I have in preparation a book which I expect soon to publish, entitled
Positive Education. It will appear anonymously, for society being
constituted as it is, I am afraid that my name on the title-page would
prevent me from finding employment. My object is to show how the moral
fabric can be built up without the aid of theology or metaphysics. I
profess no hostility to either, but as educational instruments I believe
them to be useless. I begin with Logic as the foundation of all
science, and then advance by easy steps (a) to the laws of external
nature commencing with number, and (b) to the rules of conduct, reasons
being given for them, with History and Biography as illustrations. One
modern foreign language, to be learned as thoroughly as it is possible
to learn it in this country, will be included. I desire to banish all
magic in school training. Everything taught shall be understood.
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