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the school and see that enormous expenses, which will result in the
accumulation of indebtedness, do not exist. We should shun debt as
we should shun the leprosy.
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Many of our youth who desire to obtain an education feel too
unconcerned in regard to becoming involved in debt. They look upon
a study of books as the principal means of an education. They do not
realize the value of a practical business education and are content to
be carried through years of study on the means of others rather than to
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work their own way. They do not look critically at the outcome of this.
They do not study from cause to effect.
Often the result of such a course is a disproportionate development
of the faculties. The student does not understand the weak points of
his character; he does not realize his own deficiencies. By depending
on others he loses an experience of practical life that it will be difficult
for him to recover. He does not learn self-reliance. He does not learn
how to exercise faith. True faith will enable the soul to rise out of an
imperfect, undeveloped state and understand what true wisdom is. If
students will develop brain, bone, and muscle harmoniously, they will
be better able to study and better qualified to cope with the realities of
life. But if they follow their own erroneous ideas as to what constitutes
education, they will not become self-made, all-round men and women.
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“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise
of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than
rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto
her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are
peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy
is everyone that retaineth her.”
Proverbs 3:13-18
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