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Excerpt from The Romance of the Streets We live in an age when it is not fashionable to undervalue the benefits of knowledge; and most Christians admit that education should be permeated by religion. Education which does not borrow something from the Word of Inspiration, will, in the end, turn out unsatisfactory; for though a purely secular training may become a mental discipline, and in a slight degree conduce to moral progress, it will be discipline and progress of a very heathen sample. A mind stored with knowledge, while wanting a sanctified conscience, resembles a richly-laden but rudderless barque, unable successfully to make way against the current. She is water-tight and comfortable only so long as no breakers discover her weakness. Parliament has lately decided on promoting the weal of the poor by authorising School Boards to provide for the education of those who, without some rescuing agency would continue in ignorance. 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.