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Endnotes explained
The endnotes provide references and annotations for the main text, including citations of Bishop Wilson's Maxims, Dean Milman, Bishop Wilberforce, a French quotation on American education, and notes on the term 'Renaissance' and dates of co
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The endnotes provide references and annotations for the main text, including citations of Bishop Wilson's Maxims, Dean Milman, Bishop Wilberforce, a French quotation on American education, and notes on the term 'Renaissance' and dates of composition.
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- Bishop Wilson
Referenced in the first endnote as the author of the Maxims republished by the Christian Knowledge Society since 1869.
Key passages
“The Christian Knowledge Society has, since 1869, republished the Maxims of Bishop Wilson.”
The Christian Knowledge Society has been reissuing Bishop Wilson's Maxims from 1869 onward.
This note identifies the source and date of the republication.
“Les pays qui comme les États-Unis ont créé un enseignement populaire considérable sans instruction supérieure sérieuse, expieront longtemps encore leur faute par leur médiocrité intellectuelle, leur grossièreté de moeurs, leur esprit superficiel, leur manque d'intelligence générale.”
Countries like the United States that have built extensive popular education without serious higher learning will long suffer for their mistake through intellectual mediocrity, coarse manners, superficial thinking, and lack of general intelligence.
A French critique of the American educational system, emphasizing the importance of higher education.