t0 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EDUCATION. 
am mistaken if I come to preach enthusiasm to the city of Chicago. It 
is as if I were bringing coal to Newcastle, or water to the Michigan Lake. 
[ know it is not enthusiasm which is lacking here, and especially in this 
beautiful assembly of progressive educators. I will close my remarks by 
saying that I feel a very great emotion that I have the honor and pleasure 
of seeing men whom for a long time I have been accustomed to admire. 
[ was happy when I saw that pioneer in education whose works are stand- 
ard works of education ; I mean the venerable Dr. Barnard. (Applause.) 
And then I saw my friend, General Eaton; and I also had the great 
pleasure of seeing that leader in thought, the great philosopher, Dr. 
Harris. (Applause.) To these gentlemen, and to those who have the 
honor to preside and direct your beautiful, your grand educational asso- 
siation, we are accustomed to look in France as the luminaries in this 
land of liberty and progress, and regard it an honor and pleasure to meet 
‘hem and have intercourse with them ; and this we think is ample com- 
pensation for the fatigue of our journey. 
ADDRESS. 
BY HON. G. W. ROSS, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, OF ONTARIO, 
CANADA. 
Ladies and Gentlemen : Two years ago I had the pleasure, on behalf of 
the Province of Ontario, as a Canadian, to take part in the proceedings 
+f the Educational Association of America at its session held in the city 
of Toronto. To-day, as a Canadian, I am even more pleased, if that were 
possible, to take part in this international congress of greater dimensions, 
representing not simply the two Anglo-Saxon races of this continent, and 
the only races that have any position in shaping the affairs of this 
sontinent—but in this congress, representing all the national elements 
which go to make up the civilization of the nineteenth century. 
As a Canadian I am glad to know that I am to receive instruction here 
‘rom those who have organized that wondrous system in Germany, so 
much appreciated for her educational institutions among the nations of 
the world. I am glad to know that Russia is doing her duty in pro- 
moting the general education of the masses ; that France, in her anxiety 
to establish republicanism, does mot forget that the foundation of all 
democracy is the education of the people. (Applause.) I am glad that 
sven here, in this great city, in this nineteenth century, there has been 
done so much to bring together the nations of the world, and in keeping 
before us the thought that there is a community of relationship, a com- 
munity of interest in educational matters, just as potent, just as useful in 
advancing our civilization and in shaping our international life—just as 
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