Show SCOTS AND EDUCATION more college men in scotland than in england this desiro for education is indeed the best feature in the intellectual temperament pe of the scottish people the well known ambition of the scottish mother to have her son wag his pow in cupit is now somewhat weakened by the opening up of other paths of intellectual tel then is still says westminster review a widely diffused desire for intellectual in preference to commercial pursuits it is an indication of the craving which exists for knowledge in general that for every young man who goes to college in england seven go to colleges in scotland in 1883 scotland with a population of had students attending her four universities while england with of population had attending her four teaching universities this it may be supposed has some connection with the large percentage of scotch lawyers doctors clergy men and schoolmasters to be met with throughout the english speaking world the success of the scot inroad is perhaps not entirely or even mainly due to his theology but it was at any rate the scottish kirk that founded and fostered the scottish educational system and as to theology itself if it has ha s tended to confirm in him that quality of high seriousness which matthew arnold considered so important a feature in the best type of character then the scotchmans Scotch mans theology and its associations have borne a not inconsiderable part in making him what he is |