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August 1, 1881
The Daily Gazette
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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An editorial from the New Haven Palladium argues that a college education provides valuable mental discipline but is insufficient alone for professional success; it must be supplemented by the 'discipline of drudgery'—patient mastery of practical details.
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The Discipline of Drudgery.
A liberal education is a valuable thing and the thousands of young men who are now honored with the title A. B. are to be congratulated upon the good fortune that has permitted them to acquire the mental discipline resulting from a four years' course of academic study. But these young men must not make the mistake supposing that this discipline is an all-sufficient preparation for the higher callings of life (that is, the young men who propose to enter any of the branches of professional life, for instance) must not imagine that the fact of their having a college education will permit them to leap to the top rung of the ladder at once. The discipline they have is valuable, but chiefly so as a basis for the acquirement of practical knowledge we mean acquaintance with the minutiae or little details which go to make up all occupations. Such knowledge a college education cannot give and is not intended to give. It is only to be acquired by patient application. The discipline of the college curriculum must be supplemented by another kind of discipline, namely, the discipline of drudgery. No one, however largely endowed with mental power, can be exempted from the necessity of acquiring this discipline. It is far more essential to success than the discipline furnished by a college course.—New Haven Palladium.
A liberal education is a valuable thing and the thousands of young men who are now honored with the title A. B. are to be congratulated upon the good fortune that has permitted them to acquire the mental discipline resulting from a four years' course of academic study. But these young men must not make the mistake supposing that this discipline is an all-sufficient preparation for the higher callings of life (that is, the young men who propose to enter any of the branches of professional life, for instance) must not imagine that the fact of their having a college education will permit them to leap to the top rung of the ladder at once. The discipline they have is valuable, but chiefly so as a basis for the acquirement of practical knowledge we mean acquaintance with the minutiae or little details which go to make up all occupations. Such knowledge a college education cannot give and is not intended to give. It is only to be acquired by patient application. The discipline of the college curriculum must be supplemented by another kind of discipline, namely, the discipline of drudgery. No one, however largely endowed with mental power, can be exempted from the necessity of acquiring this discipline. It is far more essential to success than the discipline furnished by a college course.—New Haven Palladium.
What sub-type of article is it?
Editorial
Educational Advice
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
College Education
Mental Discipline
Drudgery
Practical Knowledge
Professional Success
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Story Details
A college education offers mental discipline as a foundation, but professional success requires supplementing it with the discipline of drudgery through patient acquisition of practical details in any occupation.