June 9

“Culture, for its own sake, is the worst form of self-idolatry. Culture, as the preparation of self for the service of others, is as the preparation of the plot of ground entrusted to us that it may bear a harvest in which many may rejoice.”

Professor GARDINER

“To have the shepherdly genius, to have something of a true shepherd’s eye and hand, is the finest of possessions, and the more we are able to render our knowledge, our acquisitions, and accomplishments, ministerial – ministerial to some of the deeper needs of men – the greater we are.”

“Our knowledge is no blessing to us unless we have learnt to use it well and wisely, and learnt, too, that with it only, life is not complete. If, dealing with the ‘things we see’, we walk hand-in-hand with faith in the unseen, these two shall make life beautiful and blessed.”

CLODD

June 8

“Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.”

CICERO

“The responsibility of each man for the working of his intellect must be acknowledged. The sin of mental carelessness or wilfulness must take its place among the sins against which men struggle, and for which they repent.”

PHILLIPS BROOKS

“I am quite sure that it is a most solemn duty to cultivate our understandings to the uttermost, for I have seen the evil moral consequences of fanaticism to a greater degree than I ever expected to see them realised; and I am satisfied that a neglected intellect is far oftener the cause of mischief to a man than a perverted or over-valued one. Men retain their natural quickness and cleverness, while their reason and judgment are allowed to go to ruin, and thus they do work their minds and gain influence, and are pleased at gaining it; but it is the undisciplined mind which they are exercising, instead of one wisely disciplined.”

Dr. ARNOLD