The Salvaging of CivilizationWells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Philosophy
The Salvaging of Civilization
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century; Education
Hungary, post-war desolation in, 44
Huxley, Professor, author's tribute to, 170
his system of teaching geography, 151
Illustrations, need of, in books, 110
Independent nationality, need for, 76
Individualists and property, 115
Industrialism, modern, 114
Intellectuals, their estimate of man, 14
International mind, an, 73
International problem of to-day, 46
Ireland, after-effects of war in, 45
condition of (1640-1650), 96
Islam, lasting unity of, 79
spread of, in seventh century, 23
Italy, after the war, 45
forbids export of works of art, 117
Judd, Professor, 171
Kipling, Rudyard, 15
Komensky (_see_ Comenius)
Labour problems, the Bible and, 114
Labour trouble, and from what it springs, 116, 117
Language teaching, a necessary part of education, 145
suggested use of gramophones for, 160
twofold object of, 147
League of Nations, the, 13, 17
and the boundary question, 62
educational value of its propaganda, 75
ineffectiveness of, 5, 37, 41, 47, 76
President Wilson and, 15, 28
Lectures as basis of instruction, 178
Lenin and Russia, 44
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 126
Locomotion and methods of communication, 48, 52, 53
Machinery, in a world state, 91
Magna Carta, 107
Man, his plain duty, 38
social nature of, 19
Mankind, influence of surroundings on, 18
probable future of, 1 _et seq._
Mathematics, teaching of, 149
_Mediæval and Modern History_, 108
_Mediæval and Modern Times_, 108
Mental life, schooling and the, 142
Mesopotamia, irrigation system of, 6
Military class, mischief of a, 29
Milton's defence of free speech, 128
Missouri, establishment of, 49
Money, Sir Leo, his _Triumph of Nationalization_, 187
Morris, William, lectures by, 171
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, 48
National independence, meaning of, 59
Newspapers, 183
evolution of, 184
journalistic demoralization, 187, 188
Novels, and a modernized Bible, 123
Ocean transport, importance of, 65
Organized education, the key to human disorder, 192
Organized solidarity and modern communities, 102
Original Sin, the factor of, 105
_Outline of History_, Wells's, 107, 108
Passports, delays attendant on, 55
Patriotism, a unity-destroying propaganda of, 72
aggressive, dangers of, 39
American, 69
true and false conceptions of, 68, 69
Peace Ministry, functions of a, 87
Philosophical works and a modernized Bible, 124
Physiography, Huxley and, 151
Physiology, value of study of, 151
Pilgrim Fathers, the, and the Bible, 110
Plays and a modernized Bible, 123
Political reconstruction, accompaniments of, 25
Politicians, their need of foresight, 133
Politics in a world state, 81, 93
Prayer Book, the, 107
Press, the, demoralization of, 187-8
freedom of, 185
Government control of, 186, 187
Printing and the community, 7
Progress, arrest of, 1
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