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Title: Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853

Author: Christopher C. Andrews

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REFLECTIONS
ON
THE OPERATION
OF THE
PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

BY

CHRISTOPHER C. ANDREWS,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

"TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO; AND, WHEN HE IS OLD,
HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT."

BOSTON:
CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,
111, WASHINGTON STREET.
1853.

BOSTON:
PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON,
22, SCHOOL STREET.

PREFATORY NOTE.

The increasing importance of the subject treated of has led the author
to revise an article, published nearly two years ago in a monthly
journal, and to present it in the following pages. His object is to call
attention to what he regards a _defect in the operation_ of our present
system of education, and to propose some suggestions for its remedy.
That defect consists in the want of moral instruction in our schools.
Its existence, he believes, may be attributed to the state of public
opinion, rather than to any imperfection in the system itself. For this
reason, he is of opinion that remarks on the subject are more necessary,
and therefore worthier of the consideration and indulgence of the
public.

35, COURT STREET, BOSTON,
May, 1853.

THE
INCOMPLETE OPERATION
OF OUR
PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

The duty of bringing up the young in the way of usefulness has ever been
acknowledged as of utmost importance to the well-being and safety of a
State. So imperative was this obligation considered by Solon, the
Athenian lawgiver, that he excused