"Let him be branded with a few business principles of life in general: such as how much to save, and where to put it, and the wisdom of insurance."
"Let him learn these three maxims of experience:"
"Gain experience."
"Gain experience at the lowest possible price."
"Never risk gaining the same experience twice."
"Seek for him, in fine, not learning so much as wisdom, the essence of learning."
"But especially, let every Canadian be educated to see The National
Work, and how to do it."
"In short, educate for what you require and educate most for the greatest things you require, and in manner such that everyone may be equipped to stand anywhere without help, and fight a good battle."
"It is an Ideal Character, however, a character perfectly harmonized with his destinies as a soul, and his condition as a citizen, that is the most important armour in the panoply of the Canadian. Purity and elevation of the national character must be held sacred as the snowy peaks of Olympus to the Greek. And as those celestial summits could never have risen to their majesty without foundations of more humble rocks and earth; so we must lay foundations for our finer aspirations by the acquirement of certain basal habits:"
"The Habit of Industry."