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Project Gutenberg's Rural Life and the Rural School, by Joseph Kennedy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Rural Life and the Rural School Author: Joseph Kennedy Release Date: August 3, 2009 [EBook #29600] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RURAL LIFE AND THE RURAL SCHOOL *** Produced by Peter Vachuska, Val Wooff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net RURAL LIFE AND THE RURAL SCHOOL BY JOSEPH KENNEDY DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO RURAL LIFE AND THE RURAL SCHOOL W. P. 2. PREFACE This volume is addressed to the men and women who have at heart the interests of rural life and the rural school. I have tried to avoid deeply speculative theories on the one hand, and distressingly practical details on the other; and have addressed myself chiefly to the intelligent individual everywhere--to the farmer and his wife, to the teachers of rural schools, to the public spirited school boards, individually and collectively, and to the leaders of rural communities and of social centers generally. I have tried to avoid the two extremes which Guizot says are always to be shunned, viz.: that of the "visionary theorist" and that of the "libertine practician." The former is analogous to a blank cartridge, and the latter to the mire of a swamp or the entangled underbrush of a thicket. The legs of one's theories (as Lincoln said of those of a man) should be long enough to reach the earth; and yet they must be free to move upon the solid ground of fact and experience. Details must always be left to the _person_ who is to do the work, whether it be that of the teacher, of the farmer, or of the school officer. I am aware that there is a veritable flood of books on this and kindred topics, now coming from the presses of the country. My sole reasons for the publication of the present volume ar
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