Lot 1530
[Garfield, James A.]. Printed Speech & Program - Hiram College. Twenty-two pages, octavo, Cleveland, published by Fairbanks, Benedict and Co., June 14, 1867. Printed transcript outlining Garfield's views on education. Garfield attended Hiram College (then known as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute), graduated from Williams College, then returned to the academy at Hiram as a teacher and later as its President. Enlightened writing, interesting reading. In very good condition.
In part: "… In brief, the student should study himself, his relations to society, to nature, and to art - and above all, in all through all these, he should study the relations of himself, society, nature and art, to God, the Author of them all… And finally Young Gentlemen, learn to cultivate a wise self-reliance, based not on what you hope, but on what you perform…"
Estimated Value $100 - 200.
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