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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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Chapter 25<br />

Rational Education<br />

"Sunnyside", Cooranbong, N. S. W., July 23,<br />

1897.<br />

Prof. E. A. Sutherl<strong>and</strong><br />

Battle Creek<br />

Dear Brother:<br />

I am more <strong>and</strong> more burdened as I see young<br />

men coming from the school at Battle Creek<br />

deficient in the education they should have. It pains<br />

me as I realize how many who should be instructed<br />

have not the privilege. From the light given me<br />

from the Lord, I know that four or five successive<br />

years of application to book study is a mistake.<br />

Those who encourage this close application to<br />

books, working the brain, <strong>and</strong> neglecting the<br />

education they should gain by using the muscles<br />

proportionately with the brain, are simply<br />

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