PREFACE I HAVE endeavored in this volume to give simple presentation of Franklin's ideal of life, and the means whereby an individual might attain nearest to this ideal in his own life. I have conceded that there was a great gulf between the ideal Franklin and the real Franklin, and I have indicated that there are proofs of this fact in his writings, but I have touched lightly upon this topic because it was the ideal and not the real I was attempting to portray, believing as I do that it was this ideal which made Franklin the great and good man that he was, and that it still has power to lift up from poverty many another boy to eminence and virtue. DAVID EXCELMONS CLOYD. 116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, August, 1902. c. Two governing principles in life d. Method of attaining moral perfection PAGE V 2. Self-education a. Literary and debating societies b. Value and use of a library c. Self-education not the only method 3. Organized schools a. Function of the state in education b. Schools for the masses c. Function of the church in education |