 I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.  Milton & the Art of War - Page 229by James Holly Hanford - 1921 - 35 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.) - 1805 - 154 pages
...ancient and of modern history. !> ... "I call that,1' says Milton, ".& complete and generous, education, which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both public and; private, of peace and war." •.: : • i i- * * This is the purpose to which... | |
 | William Harper - 1836 - 38 pages
...their posterity. Milton says truly and nobly, " I call, therefore, a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously, all the offices of a citizen, both private and public, of peace and war." And it should be our object that... | |
 | 1879 - 632 pages
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 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 612 pages
...attain a manly, as well as a mental education. Milton said : "I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." This is comprehensive, and as a general definition,... | |
 | S. W. Gold - 1850 - 112 pages
....,-.«; i JntelUctaal, ani Jttoral BY SW GOLD, MD 41 That constitutes a complete and generous education which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both in public and private life " — MILTON. Neto STorfc: MW DODD, PUBLISHER, Comer of City... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1862 - 638 pages
...his exaltation. LORD BACOX. Essays. Custom and Education. I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war . . . inflamed with a study of learning, and the... | |
 | 1896 - 272 pages
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 | Emily Davies - 1866 - 204 pages
...Him, to be like Him,' the language might be taken in a general sense ; and when he goes on to define a complete and generous education as 'that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war,' the words... | |
 | 1868 - 606 pages
...comprehensiveness is far more necessary than it was to the men of the seventeenth century, Milton's noble definition of ' a complete and generous education,' as ' that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war ' — (' all... | |
 | United States. Department of Education (1867-1868) - 1868 - 932 pages
...his exaltation. LORD BACON. Essays. Custom and Education. I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war . . . inflamed with a study oflearning, and the... | |
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