A Peoples University An Address Delivered Befored the Cornell University On Fo
A Peoples University An Address Delivered Befored the Cornell University On Fo
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942
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What national customs were to the Chinese, the usages of his caste were to the Hindoo. But Hin- doo education comprised, in- addition to instruction in ceremonial usages and morality, such element- ary discipline as our children receive to-day, and an advanced curriculum extending over twelve years, intended primarily for the Brahmins. This extensive course included grammar and history, 12 Memorial Address. poetry and philosophy, medicine and law, astrono- my and mathematics, to the last of whi...ch the Hindoos have made notable contributions. In India only the lower caste was debarred alto- gether from mental training. In Persia none but the Magi, who were as learned as the Hindoo Brah- mins, seem to have enjoyed it. Herodotus tells us that to speak the truth and to ride on horseback were the fundamental requirements of Persian edu- cation. And all that we know of it shows that, as in Sparta, only those moral and physical qualities were cultivated which the despotic ruler found use- ful for the conduct of war and the administration of government.
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