Excerpt from The North British Review, Vol. 35: August November 1861<br><br>We do not know any means for elevating the ideas common in Scotland, for example, with regard to the higher education and learning, and for reanimating her ancient intellectual insti tutions, more likely to be effectual, than an enhancement of the social value of our academical degrees in Arts. The ignorance indifference, and self-satisfaction of the Scottish people regarding their universities and academical life in general, will continue to discredit the country until liberal graduation 1s felt to be of the essence of the academical system, and not, as heretofore, an acci dent and a reproach - at best a vulgar educational test of no permanent value or efficacy. Graduation in Arts in Scotland must become worthy of its illustrious European history, if our universities are to receive that kindly popular support which they have long sought in vain, and are so to recover their place as centres of national unity, that Scotland may, through them, pre serve her intellectual distinction in Europe.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.