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Edinburgh Journal, No. 450, by Various
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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852
Author: Various
Editor: William Chambers Robert Chambers
Release Date: July 27, 2007 [EBook #22161]
Language: English
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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.
No. 450. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1852. PRICE 1-1/2d.
HINTS ON THE USEFUL-KNOWLEDGE MOVEMENT.
The advocates of the diffusion of useful knowledge among the great body of the people, found one of their greatest difficulties to lie in an inability on the part of the people themselves to see what benefit they were to derive from the knowledge proposed to be imparted. This knowledge consisted of such a huge mass of facts of all kinds, that few could overcome a sense of hopelessness as attending every endeavour to acquire it. Take botany alone, it was said. You have a hundred thousand species of plants to become acquainted with--to learn their names, and
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450
by Various Authors