Vermont Phœnix

Education.—Some suppose that every learned man is an educated man. No such thing. That man is educated who knows himself, and takes accurate, common sense views of men and things around him. Some very learned men are perfect blockheads—the reason is, they are not educated. Learning is only the means, not the end; its value consists in giving the facilities for acquiring—in the discipline which, when properly managed, it imparts to the mind. Some of the greatest men in the world were not overstocked with learning, but their actions prove that they were thoroughly educated. Washington, Sherman and Franklin were of this class; similar, though less striking instances, may be found in all countries. A man may study metaphysics till he is gray, and languages till he is a walking polyglot, and if he knows nothing more, he is uneducated.