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It is the poorest form of
mental exercise--sheer verification; conjecture and observation are
ruled out. A study of Chinese grammar would be far more valuable from
the point of view of general education. All mathematics above the
standard of the office boy should be a special subject, like dynamics
or hydrostatics. They are useless to the ordinary man. If you mention
the utility of a mathematician like Isaac Newton, don't forget that it
was his pre-eminently anti-mathematical gift for drawing conclusions
from analogy which made him what he was. And Euclid--that frowsy
anachronism! One might as well teach Latin by the system of Donatus.
Surely all knowledge is valueless save as a guide to conduct? A guide
ought to be up to date and convenient to handle. Euclid is a museum
specimen. Half the time wasted over these subjects should be devoted to
draughtmanship and object-lessons. I don't know why we disparage
object-lessons; they were recommended by people like Bacon, Amos
Commenius and Pestalozzi.


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