Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Association of Alumni of Yale CollegeThe excellence of the English university system rests not then on its furnishing a thorough scientific education, this is neither its avowed nor its real design. It fits the sons of the aristocracy and hundreds also from other classes, annually, for an entrance upon active life in Eng land, each to take the sphere which is then assigned to him, or to force his way to a still higher one by his own intense efforts, in the most artificial state of society which exists on earth. The standard, whether elevated or low, has been graduated for England alone: the tutor instructs, and the pupil studies, usually with no other aim.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.