Education and the Higher Life

"Education and the Higher Life" by John Lancaster Spalding is a book that thinks about what education really means. It suggests that education should be about more than just learning facts; it should help people build their character, follow their dreams, and grow spiritually. The book starts by talking about how important our early years are, and how our beliefs help make us who we are and decide what happens to us. Spalding says that real education is about training our minds and spirits to look for and love what is good and true. He also doesn't like how much society cares about money and things, and he wants education to help us connect with bigger ideas about what is right and wrong. The goal is for us to work on improving ourselves inside, while also learning new things.