Excerpt from The Smith College Monthly, Vol. 8: October, 1900-June, 1901 There are two great essentials Of that power Of dealing with life which I defined a little while ago knowledge of self, and knowledge Of human nature. The great value Of the college life, to my mind, is the way in which it forces upon every par ticipant in it some knowledge at least Of these two great reali ties. If, looking back upon her four years' course, the gradu ate can feel that despite her many mistakes and failures and follies, She has laid firm hold on the first Of these two great essentials. The knowledge of self, has come to understand, once for all, her own powers, limitations, and capacities; and has begun to grasp the meaning Of the second, to understand some thing Of the richness and fullness and marvelousness Of human nature, - then she has reason to be profoundly grateful for all the experiences that have forced upon her the knowledge Of these things. 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.