Philistine And Genius
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They are occupied with the dry bones of text-books, the sawdust of peda- gogics and the would-be scientific ex- periments of educational psychology ; they 29 30 PHILISTINE AND GENIUS are ignorant of the real vital problems of human interests, a knowledge of which goes to make the truly educated man.
About the middle of the nineteenth century. Buckle made the prediction that no war was any more to occur among civi- lized nations. Henceforth peace was to reign supreme. "The wolf shall dwell with ...the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. . . . Nations shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Na- tion shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more. " This prophecy was rather hasty. We have had since the Civil war, the Franco-Prussian war, the Spanish- American war, the Boer war, the Russo-Japanese war, not count- ing the ceaseless wars of extermination PHILISTINE AND GENIUS 31 carried on by civilized nations among the various semi-civilized nations and primitive tribes.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They are occupied with the dry bones of text-books, the sawdust of peda- gogics and the would-be scientific ex- periments of educational psychology ; they 29 30 PHILISTINE AND GENIUS are ignorant of the real vital problems of human interests, a knowledge of which goes to make the truly educated man.
About the middle of the nineteenth century. Buckle made the prediction that no war was any more to occur among civi- lized nations. Henceforth peace was to reign supreme. "The wolf shall dwell with ...the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. . . . Nations shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Na- tion shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more. " This prophecy was rather hasty. We have had since the Civil war, the Franco-Prussian war, the Spanish- American war, the Boer war, the Russo-Japanese war, not count- ing the ceaseless wars of extermination PHILISTINE AND GENIUS 31 carried on by civilized nations among the various semi-civilized nations and primitive tribes.
What to read after Philistine And Genius?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Boris Sidis to read onlineMoreLess
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