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_Introduction_ by Charles W. Eliot vii

PART I

EDUCATION: INTELLECTUAL, MORAL, AND PHYSICAL

WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS OF MOST WORTH? 1

INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION 45

MORAL EDUCATION 84

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 116

PART II

ESSAYS ON KINDRED SUBJECTS

PROGRESS: ITS LAW AND CAUSE 153

ON MANNERS AND FASHION 198

ON THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE 239

ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER 298