Address of Hon. Robert L. Montague of Virginia
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Excerpt from Address of Hon. Robert L. Montague of Virginia: Delivered Before the Society of Alumni of William and Mary College, Williamburg, Va;, On the 4th of July, 1870 Gentlemen of the Society of Alumni: Amid the gloom of the present and the uncertainty of the future, it is a source of congratulation to feel that there are yet a few spots untouched by the iron hand of despotism, and unpolluted by the foul spirit of agrarian innovation. Here, within these venerable walls, consecrated to learning and science, the relentless spirit of party and sectionalism has been reluctant to enter; and here, the mind untrammeled, is free to contemplate the great truths of philosophy, and investigate without molestation the principles of science, which, if rightly appreciated, tend to elevate human character, and dignify human conduct. It has been said that "knowledge is power." This, in a certain sense, or to a certain extent, is true. Knowledge properly gained, and rightly employed, is power, is potent, all potent for good. - But superficial knowledge, or knowledge misapplied, or wrongly used, is power also; but it is a power for evil, a power which has wrung from millions tears of anguish; a power which has often retarded human progress, and frequently baptized nations in woe and misery. Knowledge without virtue is the most prolific of all agencies for evil. Madam De Stael strikingly said that "liberty, virtue, glory, knowledge, those kindred and closely allied ideas, which form the proud retinue that attends on the natural dignity of man, cannot possibly be insulated in a separate state of existence; the perfection of each of these results from the union of them all." I shall not enter into, or dwell upon the minutiæ or mere details of what the world calls education - but I propose to notice what is the high province of education in reference to the reformation of the world; and to this end I hold that all systems of education, or schemes of improvement, whether in the concrete, or otherwise should be held subordinate to the grand idea of the union of "liberty, virtue, glory, knowledge." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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