hing less than the physical, mental
and moral conversions of all classes among the masses at home as well as
abroad, in the East as well as in the West.

A problem is primarily something thrown at us as a challenge for us to
see through it. To solve a problem is to loosen it so that it may be
looked into or seen through. Whatever contributes to the loosening of a
problem by throwing light upon the conditions is of value in aiding in
its solution, hence the publication of this study of the family of
Jonathan Edwards as a contrast to the Jukes.

A.E.W.

Somerville, Mass., _June 1, 1900_.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

THE JUKES, 7

A STUDY OF JONATHAN EDWARDS, 15

THE INHERITANCE AND TRAINING OF MR. EDWARDS, 20

THE CHILDREN'S START IN LIFE, 29

MRS. EDWARDS AND HOME TRAINING, 37

CAPACITY, CHARACTER AND TRAINING, 41

AARON BURR, 44

CONTRASTS, 53

TIMOTHY EDWARDS, 61

COLONEL WILLIAM EDWARDS, 67

THE MARY EDWARDS DWIGHT FAMILY, 74

CHAPTER I

THE JUKES

Education is something more than going to school for a few weeks each
year, is more than knowing how to read and write. It has to do with
character, with industry, and with patriotism. Education tends to do
away with vulgarity, pauperism, and crime, tends to prevent disease and
disgrace, and helps to manliness, success and loyalty.

Ignorance leads to all those things that education tries to do away
with, and it tends to do away with all the things that education tries
to cultivate. It is easy to say these things, and every one knows they
are true, but few realize how much such statements mean. It is not easy
to take a view of such matters over a long range of time and experience.

A boy that leaves school and shifts for himself by blacking boots,
selling papers, and "swiping" fruit often appears much smarter than a
boy of the same age who is going to school all the time and does not see
so much of the world. A boy of twelve who has lived by his wits is often
keener than a boy of the same age who has been well brought up at home
and at school, but such a boy knows about as much and is about as mu