French Educational Ideals of Today; An Anthology of the Molders of French Educational Thought of the Present
French Educational Ideals of Today; An Anthology of the Molders of French Educational Thought of the Present
Farrington, Frederic Ernest, 1872-1930
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The end of education is good con- duct. And good conduct does not consist of one act, but in a series of acts ; it is not a fortunate accident, but a permanent condition; not the deeds of a day, but of every day. Do we seek in education a fortunate accident or a permanent equilibrium ? We are forced to begin by obtaining this equilibrium once for all at a great price, but the important thing is to give it per- manence. We must at all cost remove from it the character of chance, which gives inte...rest to the moral drama as long as the issue is in doubt. When this is no longer the case, then has victory come and there is no more combat. Interest and effort no longer concentrate in one act, but are spread over the whole life, and the whole of life should be our real end. Digitized by Google FERDINAND BUISSON 147 Doubtless the end supposes the means, but how much it surpasses them ! Hie habit of virtue in which the isolated acts of virtue become consolidated is the end we aim at. Morality without effort is doubtless virtue, precisely because it raises us to a point where we are no longer tempted to admire ourselves for having merely done our duty.
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