The Salvaging of CivilizationWells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Philosophy
The Salvaging of Civilization
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century; Education
Property, class war and, 196
labour trouble and, 116, 117
problems of, 114
rights and duties of, 115
Puritanism in the seventeenth century, 97
Quakers, the, foundation of, 97
Radiogram, the, and its results, 6
Railways, American, 49 _et seq._, 65
Readjustment of political ideas, 46 _et seq._, 68
Religion and the political and social outlook, 23, 79
universalist in theory, 81
Religious instruction and discussion barred by colleges, 175
Revolutions and how produced, 27
Robinson, Professor, 108
Roman Empire, the, rise and fall of, 53
Russia, Bolshevism in, 44
the Press in, 186
vexatious delays in a journey to, 56 _et seq._
St. Petersburg before and after the war, 43, 44
Schoolhouse, an ordinary, and an ideal, 158-9
Schooling of the world, the, 139 _et seq._
and what should be taught, 143
why so often a failure, 153
Schools and the development of education, 25
of a world state, 90
Science teaching under difficulties and a suggested remedy, 161
Scotland after the war, 45
Sea power and the submarine, 66
Semaphores, 48
Sexual morality, need for, 112
Shakespear and the Bible of Civilization, 122
Social nature of man, 19
Sovereign states, incoherent nature of, 31
Steamboats, American, 49, 65
Stopes, Dr. Marie, 113
Submarine, the, and sea power, 66
Sweden, before and after the war, 45
Teachers, lack of, and the reason, 153
Teaching and the future of mankind, 37
Teaching power and how it might be economized, 156 _et seq._
Technical study, specialized, 182
Telegraphy, development of, 6, 48
Thirty Years War, the, 96
Tolstoi's _War and Peace_, 124
Trade problems, the Bible and, 114
Transport and the international problem, 46
Travel, inconveniences of European, 55 _et seq._
United States, the government of, 47, 83
growth of, 49-50
political system of, 27
(_see also_ America)
University, the, and adult learning, 168
Vienna threatened by the Turk, 96
Wales, Prince of, world tour of, 29, 84
War, a ruling and constructive idea, 4
abolition of, and what it means, 5
frequent recurrence of, 3
military science in, 8
Washington, George, and his successors, 83
Webster, Dr. Hutton, historical summaries of, 108
Wells, H. G., as educationist, 155
college life of, 170
his _Outline of History_, 107, 108
ideals of, 42
serves on British Civil Air Transport Committee, 48, 66
views on teaching of history, 151
Wilson, President, and the League of Nations, 15, 28
World control, and what it means, 14, 17
World History, a suggested, 109
World peace, American and European view of, 61
World state, the, cult of, 35
enlargement of patriotism to, 68
fundamental ideas of, 37
government of, 82 _et seq._
life in, 88 _et seq._
meaning of, 82
project of, 42 _et seq._
the Council and its functions, 85
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