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viii second, every age, and every country, has its own problems which concern the actual application of these unchanging principles, in an institutional way, to its own demands and necessities. Every age is "modern," in its own thought; but the rapidity of the current changes, and the vastness of the forces at work, create for us some especially pressing demands and peculiarly hard necessities. And, third, nothing but practical wisdom—a combination of knowledge of the values involved in the different studies and disciplines with a generous and sympathetic spirit toward each, and tact and patience in dealing with details—will solve for us, in this country and to-day, our educational problems.

GEORGE TRUMBULL LADD.
 * January, 1899.