BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

AND EDUCATION

HIS IDEAL OF LIFE

AND HIS SYSTEM OF EDUCATION FOR THE
REALIZATION OF THAT IDEAL

BY

DAVID EXCELMONS CLOYD
PH.B., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; A.M., TEACHERS' COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

FIELD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD

BOSTON, U.S.A.

D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1902,

BY DAVID EXCELMONS CLOYD.

DEDICATED TO

DR. D. L. KIEHLE

WHO FIRST AWAKENED MY INTEREST

IN THE

HISTORY OF EDUCATION