Character and Conduct – 9 December – The Object of Education

THE entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things – not merely industrious, but to love industry – not merely learned, but to love knowledge – not merely pure, but to love purity-not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.”

The Crown of Wild Olive, JOHN RUSKIN

OUR great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning – the confusion of instruction and education.   We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind…   The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn…   If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.

Lord AVEBURY

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These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume

In her preface Whishaw writes:

‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’

It is my hope in publishing them here is that readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.