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Excerpt from The American Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 24: December, 1917 The third occasional paper issued by the General Education Board, 61 Broad way, New York City, is entitled A Mod ern School. It is by Abraham Flexner. It can be had by application to the Board, free of charge. It is worth the' slight trouble of sending for, not because Flexner prepared it, but, because the arraignment of the present school curriculum, he makes, is just and timely. The object of education is, the prepara tion of the child for the duties of mature life. In so far as this is attained, the education fulfills its object. Let each reader look back over his own education and ask himself in how much this has been fulfilled. We, the writer of these lines, take our own case merely as an example: Granted that every bit of information a man gathers is of value and may come in handy at some period, besides affording a satisfaction that counts as much, yet, in how far has this education been of real service in advancing him in life, in enabling him to accomplish the duties of whatever position he may have been called upon to fill? 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.