Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT is not especially a modern idea, to inculcate moral training and noble aims by the memorizing and repetition Of all that is best Of the mature thoughts of great minds. The intelligence Of India, Persia, China, Arabia, Greece, and Germany, ages ago, recognized the force and importance Of this means of culture; but in our own country, amid the manifold suggestions that have been brought forward to broaden and strengthen Our grand re publican public-school system, this matter of memo rizing well-selected gems Of literature has found but small place, until very recently.