Samuel Smiles：Thrift, Excerpt 137

It must, however, be admitted that education is not enough. The clever man may be a clever rogue; and the cleverer he is, the cleverer rogue he will be. Education, therefore, must be based upon religion and morality; for education by itself will not eradicate vicious propensities. Culture of intellect has but little effect upon moral conduct. You may see clever, educated, literary men, with no conduct whatever,--wasteful, improvident, drunken, and vicious. It follows, therefore, that education must be based upon the principles of religion and morality.

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