Excerpt from Lord Brougham on Education Suppose that one of the qualities restrained by the noble Lord's regard for that good peo ple is bigotry. The Scotch will educate, thoroughly, as far as their creed goes, but not out of it. They are like many in our own country, who think more of their own particular Confession of Faith, than of the common Bi ble, - more of their particular Church, than of our common Humanity. People with such narrow, uncharitable views, frequently raise a standard of perfection, not to follow, but to judge others by. They flatter themselves that growth in grace is attained and measured by their ability and readiness to find fault with a neighbor's creed or life Hence, censorious ness, and formality, with personal and church altercations. Nor do we see an end of all this, for instead of taking a common ground, found in the Bible, and broad enough for all to meet on, our country is fast dividing into Episcopal Institutes, Methodist Seminaries, Presbyterian Colleges, &c. &c. Each sect not only has its own schools, but every child must be educated in the schools of its particular sect. In this. 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.