The Purpose of Education By Martin L. King Jr. ...It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is ___1______ and the other is ____2______. Education must enable a man to become more ___3______, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life. Education must also train one for quick, resolute and ___4______ thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is _____5______ its purpose.