It is not well to crowd the mind with a class of studies that require intense application, but that are not brought into use in practical life. An education of this kind will be a loss to the student. For these studies take away his desire and inclination for the studies that would fit him for usefulness and enable him to fulfill his responsibilities. {8T 311.4}

Det er ikke godt at overdynge sindet med arbejdskrævende studier, som ikke kan bruges i det praktiske liv. En uddannelse af den slags vil være et tab for den studerende. For disse studier borttager hans ønske og trang til oplæring for nytte og gøre ham i stand til at udfylde ansvar.