is only a means to an end, and not a
piece of indestructible and infallible
machinery; that the creed he accepts
has passed through many changes of
interpretation, and will pass through
more; that the social order for which
he contends, if secured, will be only
another stage in the unbroken devel-
opment of the organised life of men
in the world. And culture is, at
bottom, only an enlarged and clarified
experience, -- an experience so com-
prehensive that it puts its possessor
in touch with all times and men, and
gives him the opportunity of com-
paring his own knowledge of things,
his faith and his practice, with the
knowledge, faith, and practice of all
the generations. This opportunity
brings, to one who knows how to
use it, deliverance from the igno-
rance or half-knowledge of provincial-

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