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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

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Knowledge That Can Be Utilized<br />

It is right for the youth <strong>to</strong> feel that they must<br />

reach the highest development of their mental<br />

powers. We would not restrict the education <strong>to</strong><br />

which God has set no limit. But our attainments<br />

avail nothing if not put <strong>to</strong> use for the honor of God<br />

<strong>and</strong> the good of humanity.<br />

It is not well <strong>to</strong> crowd the mind with studies<br />

that require intense application, but that are not<br />

brought in<strong>to</strong> use in practical life. Such education<br />

will be a loss <strong>to</strong> the student, for these studies lessen<br />

his desire <strong>and</strong> inclination for the studies that would<br />

fit him for usefulness <strong>and</strong> enable him <strong>to</strong> fulfill his<br />

responsibilities. A practical training is worth far<br />

more than any amount of mere theorizing. It is not<br />

enough even <strong>to</strong> have knowledge; we must have<br />

ability <strong>to</strong> use the knowledge aright.<br />

The time, means, <strong>and</strong> study that so many<br />

expend for a comparatively useless education<br />

should be devoted <strong>to</strong> gaining an education that<br />

would make them practical men <strong>and</strong> women, fitted<br />

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