An Address by Wm; Preston Johnston, LL. D
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Excerpt from An Address by Wm; Preston Johnston, LL. D: Before the Louisiana State, Public School Teacher´s Association, at New Iberia, La;, December 28th, 1893 Fellow-teachers, Ladies and Gentlemen: President Jefferson Davis once told me that the first political speech he ever made was in reply to the great orator, S. S. Prentiss, of Mississippi, in a joint debate. After the discussion, in a friendly conversation, his eloquent opponent frankly, but kindly, criticised and complimented him, and concluded thus: "My young friend, when I was your age I began by trying to instruct and convince men by logic. It is in vain, and now I am satisfied to persuade by pleasing them." In this saying the veteran evinced his knowledge of mankind, and yet, with his warning before me, I am constrained to keep in the rougher road. My opportunities are so few, my message is, to my mind, so weighty, and my audience so capable of serious thought, that I shall venture to trespass on your indulgence with sober reflections even at the risk of being a little prolix and dry, trusting to the distinguished speakers with us on this occasion to brighten it with humor and eloquence. When I look around me now, and see those who are gathered here for the great contest before us with the powers of ignorance, my heart swells with the presage of victory. It was not always thus. If we look back but a few years we can well remember how cold was the response to every call for broader and higher work in education. And if to-day we are assured of better things, we must remember that in that recent past it was not the will that was wanting, but the means. But the public school teachers have now met under the most encouraging circumstances, and I am here to-day, in obedience to the request of your committee, to take part in your programme. It will be my business on this occasion to discuss the question of "State education as a factor in our civilization." Civilization is a word we all use every day, and everybody has a notion, more or less vague, of what is meant by it. But if we attempt to make clear and definite to our minds an exact conception of the state of affairs it expresses, we shall find ourselves involved in difficulties. 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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