Chapter XX: AUTOMATIC CONTRASTED WITH SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION -- Continued

The Training of the Merchant, the Lawyer, the Judge, and the
Legislator contrasted with that of the Artisan. -- The Training of the
Merchant makes him Selfish, and Selfishness breeds Dishonesty. --
Professional Men become Speculative Philosophers, and test their
Speculations by Consciousness. -- The Artisan forgets Self in the
Study of Things. -- The Search after Truth. -- The Story of Palissy.
-- The Hero is the Normal Man; those who Marvel at his Acts are
abnormally Developed. -- Savonarola and John Brown. -- The New England
System of Education contrasted with that of the South. -- American
Statesmanship -- its Failure in an Educational Point of View. -- Why
the State Provides for Education; to protect Property. -- The British
Government and the Land Question. -- The Thoroughness of the Training
given by Schools of Mechanic Art and Institutes of Technology as shown
in Things. -- Story of the Emperor of Germany and the Needle-maker. --
The Iron Bridge lasts a Century, the Act of the Legislator wears out
in a Year. -- The Cause of the Failures of Justice and Legislation. --
The best Act is the Act that Repeals a Law; but the Act of the
Inventor is never Repealed. -- Things the Source and Issue of Ideas;
hence the Necessity of Training in the Arts. 229