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te1ro or frances aud ocstastos, and ater In l1fc III
70 actual matlness 1io possessed In rcn,ark
sbe ueRreo aomo Of tho qualities Of greatnuas
Dnt MS sof' eullic!cncy was boMndese hs foarll,,
shallow, and bis Imagination rtotos,B. Ills writ
inga contain nla,'y grand truths, hut aro dtfras
hid tedious, and ahonnd In alBurittios aud con
tradtctionB The dountl criticism a,la iustruot;y
commentary put forth in hIa exposition Of til.
noF1ntlros conhtratn geiluno admiration fo
tlio marvellous powers Of Ills mind, but not lo.
l'cl ln his propontorous spiritual protensione.
IN Gomnonting upon tho pNssago III tho pro
fossod revelation OF Swodenb6rg, IA ,lian villa,
hia M lifo IN his physlqno, and thua tic Angel
! Dr.. MaudBloy rurnarls: S'
The history Of &na,1 Il h,s c1,arocter, .ra ~,
snaraetor is written on his organization nnl n,tuh
% 70 Iead Ja.ir, tare naa We bnt acute cuoagl
no. Thought Of tho minl. Iul'' M. 9noro fce !.
ing q she hca1t not IN asrraon oi tho soul, nut
,.n ~. .a. xNI s @ voit not ccd whte IL demo- tin
o hoay ita very organ and the coist!tnent elements
Gt saeh orgSn sfo too ia.op o er e1oreao e
nothing hid tl,st might not he known. 1s not iii
n,sn. so.Gn,n sna appalling thonxhtf II hore bo q
s!o everlasting roll Of II renembrnneo; but, it tho
body rao iot again. ss lis fo has not passed issue-
Of tho energy Of Nature increasing or eliminating
the W, or ood iii III aud Will novor through all
In tho pepor on "sox in Mind and Education, !"
Dr., hlaudsley nflrnlH TINT thoro is sox in mind
a. distinctly an there IL nox In body, anu that
taioro nlouiI consequently be a recognition OF
so1 IN education. lie would havo tic fomn!o
mind Developed to the fullest extent, but In d.
icctlona and by methods different from thoso
pursued in tho culture OF The masculine intol-
loci. IN tho training Of women. duo regard
should bc paid to their physical nature, and to
~ their foroortlatncd WORK A. mothers and nurses.
Iho pnper I'd emphatic. and yet not offensive in
TONG. 1t rather hwells tho discussion Of tho
subject than adds anything now to tho argyll
ment. No rational mind will dlasont from tho
authors main .postulate. that, in their aims.
thGir plans. md their pursuits, women should
strive to rlpen Into pure a,td nobto wo,nA,,-
hood rather than into fcoblo and Imperfect
manhood. Despite tho alarms Of the sagos aud
tho warnings Of tho doctors, thero is good
reason to bollogo that tho bulk Of American
women who nre seeking to increase their indus.
tres and extend their usefulness by rneana Of
liigor education, will prove by tholr future TINT
they arc inspired by no wiB1, to unsox thon,-
solves, to abandon THUR Legitimate duties, or to
usurp the privileges that bolong by divine right to
man but, on tho contrary, that tllar clliof pur-
pose is, by developing moro complete and per-
qua,ely for their destiny az tho mothorB, wivcB,
and helpmates Of tho sox Of which they are tho
Arnold on Education i'm Ire.
lnitd and In tscrnl1lny.
HIGHER SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN GER
MANY. by MATTHEW AnNotp, D. O. L., formerly
Foreign Aastsant Commissioner 10 the Schools.
Macmillan h Co.
1n 1916 hfr. Arnold was appointed by tho
Commissioners Of England to
investigate tho syBtom Of education for the mid
'le and upper classes Of Franco, Italy, Germany,
and Switzerland. 1lc apout a number OF months
III tho Continent In tho performance Of this tas,
md In 1868 published tho information he Ind
gained In volume named s'SchoolB aud Uniyer-
'ities on tho Continent" The book has long
'con ont Of print; but that portion Of It which
eIatos to Gortnaty, ne having the most practical
'alnc, Is now revised under the titlo which heads
his notice.
Tho present work opens with IN extended |
'rofaca in which the author onrnestIy advocates
lso establishment Of Catholic University III !
rcland. Tho arguments urged in fnyor Of tho |
aeasnre do honor to Tue candid md liberal apirt
t the writer. Although Mr.. Arnold il stauuch
ilcront OF tho Cl,urcI. Of England, and firm
elierer in tho benefit OF union bctwcou
'h'trch and State, ho ean regard with wise and
ind liberation tie faith, tho rights and tho in
1rests OF tho Roman Catholics. In truth. o
M moro oharity for them than for tho Dissant-
~, whom he scourgos pretty sharply for their
arro"-'ni1ltled policy toward systcua OF religion
pposed to their own. "All forms OF religion"
Q observes to lilo DissonterH, "aro but appyori-
lations to tho truth. Your avn ia hut
i approximation Oslholc lcism, Whatever it may
Fotclni is but an approximation. But all great
rniH OF Christianity nro mined At tho trnttl,
y It Il by this, their good side, that they OK
1't themselves to tim WOW Of their ntlllerents
III ongugo their affections. We shall always
'poar l''soont and unjust in the sight Of re-,
sion's lAherenta ao long n8 wo look at it from
9 nega;lye sida only, aud not oil that attractive
10 by Which thoy sac it tllomHelves. Kaverthe-
FL, OF TO religion. ono may say, il tho fayora-
fido 20 easy to lind OF 10 proper to inspire
dulgenle. Tho Roman Catholic religion ii tho
ligion uhich Inns most reached tho peonlo. The
lk OF its supcrst'tiona como from It'll having
a!ly plnuged 10 Tar doHn into tho multitude,
q spread 80 vide among theln."
Alr. Arnold approves tue policy OF PrInco Bis j
ssck lit founding Roman Catholic schools III l
'rit'ary, and would lnye England purs,1e a !
q course. With some dItferauco OF details, in
,lan't. Tho English Government III 1rolnnd !
ouId, ho thinks, DO. to al intcpts and pur- l.
sea. 4 Catholic Government. Catholicism, a
ing the reigon OF tue people, should be on i
wed and publicly instituted. In conseq.tanco q
ata not being recognized ind respected, it has II
mo to be more crude, blind. and u''reasonlng, t
~ - any 0tuci EoHdtlf. ALT. AIli0lu bellGfeH |
q, ii the Irish Catholics were to enjoy tic '
Y and n, educational advantages which the En- !
Ah Clurchnlen do. thoir religion would 10. n
MO progressive and gradually lid itaolf Of the !,
p,erstitions mud falHities whicl, now Obscure d
q oyerpoweE its truth. lilo does not consider il
90 desirable matter to suppress Catholicism
to onlghton aud purify 1t.
Tho roaing OF MIR. Arnold's account of the
ol.syBtem In aornlauy.- which ia both able
exhaustiyo.-ouo IL struck with its many
yantases over the plan Of education current
ENGLAND. As to the comparative number Of
'dents in Englanl and In Prussia (Which il
ION ~ fur representative Of Germany, We
4 that in lsG5. England. with population Of
700, gao, had u, $50 boys iu her public schools,
1 = 162 boys 10 her higher and preparatory
lools. or matricu1atel students, England had
the samo time $500. md Prussia G,soa. hIr.
mold Expresses tue unqualified opinion that
aHes Of England aro receiving inferior instruc. j.,
II to that which the acholars Of tho same c]ayses
enjoying in Prussia. Tie schools Of Trus- e
ar, arc of q muct, higher standing, aud tic ~ ~
f1Nnr thc~on