...perfection. The second definition makes clear what is meant by the emphasis on virtue in the first : I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war. It is this large...

...developing the whole man. (AD 1608-1674)— MILTON A complete . . . education is one which develops a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously...offices, both private and public of peace and war. (AD 1706-1790)— FRANKLIN Education should include in the developmental process all that is ornamental...

...like him," and shortly afterwards declares, in the true spirit of Renaissance Humanism, "I call ... a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." He opposes...

...educational benefits. In one of his writings on education, the English poet John Milton advocated HA complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully (sic) and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war . " Nearly three and...

...God aright," the second, equally stressed by Milton, is readiness for the active life on this earth: "I call therefore a complete and generous education...offices, both private and public, of peace and war." 74 The second function of education is preparing a man for his role in society—as clergyman, lawyer,...

...use educational benefits. In one of his writings on education, the English poet John Milton advocated "A complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully (sic) and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war . " Nearly three and...

...Nobleman, John Milton, a Puritan renegade, was also within this tradition when he called a complete education "that which fits a man to perform justly,...skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war."22 The Americans could choose between an austere, serious humanism like...

...capable and qualified person. No statement of that ideal can rival Milton's in his treatise Of Education: I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.80 The heart...

...before human society. A greatly enriched idea of education was gaining currency, and John Milton wrote, "I call therefore a complete and generous education...skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war."14 It must not be supposed that the spread of public education...

...sick feathers, though they be never so oft supplied. (II, 411-12) For, the poet argues, education is "that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully...offices both private and public of peace and war" (II, 378-79; emphasis added). And similarly, introducing a section on the exercises students ought...