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Show A I'ltllure In lMncatlon. ; mi.) When on reviews tho eonrto of In. slrucllon In eohoola and colleseawllh tholi.leutlouot dlecoveriubow mucb of It contributes ulreclly to tho diveIo ment of reaaonlriK ower, oue cuuuot but bo etruck with the very smnll Irtlou of llui expree.ly devoted to this all-important olject. No amount of nimiorffrr study of languages or of tho natural Bcloncea and do attalumente In arithmetic) will protect u manor woman ixwpt Imperfectly through a uerlalu Indirect cultivation of general Intelligence from mccumblng lo the II rat plauslblo delusion or sophism he cr eho may encouutcr u amouut of surli studies will protect on from believing In n.trology, or theosophy, or fit allvcr, ot atrlbie, or boycotts, or la the mcution ol Jnwtnr Mormons, or In tho violent iitlinlou of non-union men frumtm-plu) frumtm-plu) ment. One Is furtllled against the acooptunce of unreaionablo iroriotl-tltlonsonly iroriotl-tltlonsonly by skill In determining facta through sbMirvatlon aud exvrl-once, exvrl-once, by iracllcoln nomiiatlng focla or groupa of fails, and by the unvarying habit of iUeslloulug and verifying alii al-ii gatloca, and of tllstlngulrhlng be. twrou .acta aud liifcreucva from facte, and betn eon a truociusenu J an antecedent ante-cedent ovctit. Olio must have direct training and pro. ttcelu logical rpculi and willing before be cau be iiulto eafo iigaluit specious rhet-otlo rhet-otlo and imaginative oratory. Many ipulu deluilous uio foun.loj on tliiiioinmoueatof fallacies IhlB preceded Hint, therefore ll In lau.i d that; or, iu ehorler phrae,whal precedod caused. For example: 1 waa rick; 1 took audi and aueh n modiclko and became well; therefore the medlclnocuieil mo. During Ihu Civil War the govirnmeut Itsued many intlllbns f paper muuiy.aml wraoinen htcamii very rich; therefore llio way tj roal-o all meu rlclur muat l t Ihi.io from tho government prers Biilndellultuaiiiount ol pir monty. Tho wauei of Auierlenll WOlb-Initmin WOlb-Initmin are higher lhan thoao of l.uallh In the tame trade; prolio-lion prolio-lion ha. boon tho iflllcy of Ihe fulled bliilM and approxtmnte frw trade the tulley of f.nglind; Ihcr.iforo high lailll cause lnU wages. Ilemnier steel Unnieli ilioT now Una it was twenty yiars ago; there has bcoiin tirtl lax in lln-euer steil In tho UnltidHtatesforthepwttwcntyieati'; therefore the tax cheapomd this eteol, linitland, I'rnnio auJ (lermauy are olvlliieJ and piorporous uatlnnt; they lino inorinoiia publlo debte; therefore a Ubllo debt Is a public bles.lng. He limit larry llhurlel'aspiar and wear atoutnrmur wbu o.ii alwnya cxiwe and nsl.t this fallacy. 11 Isnotonly tho uneduin'od or tho Utile educated who ato van, iiiil.hed by it. There are many tulueatod ia-oi.il l have llltlu belter i.rotictlon I,., i ooluslone nud konlilmn than l, .1 sle.lj fir the simple run. n tbh '. . .r education, thuugh prolnngod and iUborate, waa Hill not of a kind lo tnilii their Judgmeut aud reusoulLg powers |