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ThomasHenryHuxley (1825-1895) “thegreatestEnglishmanofthe19thcentury” andawriterof “nearlyperfectEnglishprose”.RememberedtodayasaninfluentialadvocateforCharlesDarwin’sevolutionarytheories, Huxleywasahighlyregardedscientistandphilosopherwithatalentforexplainingcomplexsubjectsclearlyandforcefully.
ALiberalEducationisanexcerptfromalongeressay, ALiberalEducation; andWheretoFindIt, whichHuxleypresentedin1868attheSouthLondonWorkingMen’sCollege.
PromptsforYourReading
“liberaleducation” inChinese?
’sopeninganalogy — comparinglifetoachessgame — preparereadersforhisdiscussionofthevalueandpurposeofeducation?
’simageoflife?
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“compulsoryeducation”?
“artificialeducation”?
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’sdefinitionof “liberaleducation” attheendofthisessay?
[1] Bywayofabeginning, letusaskourselves — Whatiseducation? Aboveallthings, whatisouridealofathoroughlyliberaleducation? — ofthateducationwhich, ifwecouldbeginlifeagain, wewouldgiveourselves — ofthateducationwhich, ifwecouldmouldthefatestoourownwill, wewouldgiveourchildren? Well, Iknownotwhatmaybeyourconceptionsuponthismatter, butIwilltellyoumine, andIhopeIshallfindthatourviewsarenotverydiscrepant.
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