Excerpt from Education: Its Elementary Principles, Founded on the Nature of Man The most important point in Anthropology, or the study of Man, is to acquire a knowledge of his Na ture and the next, to discover the mode in which his physical and mental constitution may be most advantageously improved. Men of eminent tal ents have considered the principles of education worthy of their attention and many works have been already published on this subject. It may therefore be asked, Why should another be pre sented Because education is still conducted in a manner very different from that in which it ought to be. Mankind has improved less than we could wish. There are many books, says helvetii. S. 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.