I almost fisked this. But then I realized the quotation is fine. It says nothing negative about a pragmatic education. Rather, all it says is that such an education ought not be promoted in a way that encourages selfishness.

But lets be clear. People who want to spend many thousands of dollars on an education without regard to its pragmatic value are people who have come into money more easily than the rest of us. And as far as helping the community, learning how to amass wealth is a necessary step (Eph 4.28) for substantial “charitable acts.”

I’m all for liberal education among the leisure class. My quality of life is better for it. But the rest of us need to consider other factors in making decisions about education.