Aids and Incentives to the Acquisition of Knowledge

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Excerpt from Aids and Incentives to the Acquisition of Knowledge: The Farewell Lecture Delivered on Retiring From the Professorship of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy, Thursday, June 7, 1838 In addressing you, Gentlemen, as I now do, for the last time, I shall, instead of giving a practical recapitulation of the scientific topics which have passed in succession before us during the Course now terminated, present to your consideration a few remarks with a view to stimulate the inquiries of those who have recently commenced their attendance in the Lecture Room, as well as to encourage the more enlarged and comprehensive researches of those who have tasted some of the pleasures and advantages of knowledge, and conclude with such directions as to mental exertion, culture, and discipline, as may not be inappropriate on this occasion. The genuine object of all sound education is the development of the intellectual, the moral, and the bodily faculties of man, or, as it has been sometimes more tersely expressed, the improvement and application of head, heart, and limb. The system of education in the institution in which you have the honour to receive instruction, embraces all this. 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.