The purpose of education is to make the student an expert in his\r\nsubject. This must be clearly understood, and mere mudding through lessons and\r\nlectures and books and passing examinations are relegated to secondary\r\nimportance as means to the end-which is excellence in the field chosen.
But there are so many fields, and no man can become an expert in all the\r\nfields it is necessary to decide which fields are important ones that a man\r\nshould know well.
It is clear that one’s own work is the most important. This has been realized\r\nand modern civilization has accordingly provided vocational education. It is\r\nnow possible to acquire high professional skill in the various fields,\r\nmedicine, engineering production, commerce and so on-but with good and bad\r\nmixed together, and no standard for guidance.
The purpose of education is to make the student:
What are good parts of our civilization? First and fore-most there are\r\norder and safety. If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get\r\nbeaten merely because I am physically weaker and he can knock me down. I go to\r\nlaw and the law will decide as fairly as it can between the two of us. Thus in\r\ndisputes between man and man. Right has taken the place might. More-over, the\r\nlaw protects me from robbery and violence. Nobody may came and break into my\r\nhouse, steal my books or run off with my children. Of course, there are\r\nburglars, but they are very rare and the law punishes them whenever it catches\r\nthem.
It is difficult for us to realize how much this safety means. Without\r\nsafety those higher activates of mankind which make up civilization could not\r\ngo on. The inventor could not invent, the scientist find out or the artist make\r\nbeautiful things. Hence, order and safety, although they are not themselves\r\ncivilization, are things without which civilization could be impossible. They\r\nare as necessary to our civilization as the air we breathe is to us; and we\r\nhave grown so used to them that we do not notice them any more than we notice\r\nthe air.
According to the writer, man does not notice order and safety as:
What are good parts of our civilization? First and fore-most there are\r\norder and safety. If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get\r\nbeaten merely because I am physically weaker and he can knock me down. I go to\r\nlaw and the law will decide as fairly as it can between the two of us. Thus in\r\ndisputes between man and man. Right has taken the place might. More-over, the\r\nlaw protects me from robbery and violence. Nobody may came and break into my\r\nhouse, steal my books or run off with my children. Of course, there are\r\nburglars, but they are very rare and the law punishes them whenever it catches\r\nthem.
It is difficult for us to realize how much this safety means. Without\r\nsafety those higher activates of mankind which make up civilization could not\r\ngo on. The inventor could not invent, the scientist find out or the artist make\r\nbeautiful things. Hence, order and safety, although they are not themselves\r\ncivilization, are things without which civilization could be impossible. They\r\nare as necessary to our civilization as the air we breathe is to us; and we\r\nhave grown so used to them that we do not notice them any more than we notice\r\nthe air.
An artist can create beautiful things only if:
What are good parts of our civilization? First and fore-most there are\r\norder and safety. If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get\r\nbeaten merely because I am physically weaker and he can knock me down. I go to\r\nlaw and the law will decide as fairly as it can between the two of us. Thus in\r\ndisputes between man and man. Right has taken the place might. More-over, the\r\nlaw protects me from robbery and violence. Nobody may came and break into my\r\nhouse, steal my books or run off with my children. Of course, there are\r\nburglars, but they are very rare and the law punishes them whenever it catches\r\nthem.
It is difficult for us to realize how much this safety means. Without\r\nsafety those higher activates of mankind which make up civilization could not\r\ngo on. The inventor could not invent, the scientist find out or the artist make\r\nbeautiful things. Hence, order and safety, although they are not themselves\r\ncivilization, are things without which civilization could be impossible. They\r\nare as necessary to our civilization as the air we breathe is to us; and we\r\nhave grown so used to them that we do not notice them any more than we notice\r\nthe air.
According to the passage, the burglars are:
What are good parts of our civilization? First and fore-most there are\r\norder and safety. If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get\r\nbeaten merely because I am physically weaker and he can knock me down. I go to\r\nlaw and the law will decide as fairly as it can between the two of us. Thus in\r\ndisputes between man and man. Right has taken the place might. More-over, the\r\nlaw protects me from robbery and violence. Nobody may came and break into my\r\nhouse, steal my books or run off with my children. Of course, there are\r\nburglars, but they are very rare and the law punishes them whenever it catches\r\nthem.
It is difficult for us to realize how much this safety means. Without\r\nsafety those higher activates of mankind which make up civilization could not\r\ngo on. The inventor could not invent, the scientist find out or the artist make\r\nbeautiful things. Hence, order and safety, although they are not themselves\r\ncivilization, are things without which civilization could be impossible. They\r\nare as necessary to our civilization as the air we breathe is to us; and we\r\nhave grown so used to them that we do not notice them any more than we notice\r\nthe air.
In disputes between man and man:
What are good parts of our civilization? First and fore-most there are\r\norder and safety. If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get\r\nbeaten merely because I am physically weaker and he can knock me down. I go to\r\nlaw and the law will decide as fairly as it can between the two of us. Thus in\r\ndisputes between man and man. Right has taken the place might. More-over, the\r\nlaw protects me from robbery and violence. Nobody may came and break into my\r\nhouse, steal my books or run off with my children. Of course, there are\r\nburglars, but they are very rare and the law punishes them whenever it catches\r\nthem.
It is difficult for us to realize how much this safety means. Without\r\nsafety those higher activates of mankind which make up civilization could not\r\ngo on. The inventor could not invent, the scientist find out or the artist make\r\nbeautiful things. Hence, order and safety, although they are not themselves\r\ncivilization, are things without which civilization could be impossible. They\r\nare as necessary to our civilization as the air we breathe is to us; and we\r\nhave grown so used to them that we do not notice them any more than we notice\r\nthe air.
The first and foremost good parts of civilization are:
This is the age of machine.\r\nMachines are everywhere, in the fields, in the factory, in the home, In the\r\nstreet, in the city, in the country, everywhere. To fly, it is not necessary to\r\nhave wings; there are machines. To swim under the sea, it is not necessary to\r\nhave gills; there are machines. To kill our fellowmen in over-whelming numbers,\r\nthere are machines. Petrol machines alone provide ten times more power than all\r\nhuman beings in the world. In the busiest countries, each individual has six\r\nhundred human slaves in his machines.
What\r\nare the consequences of this abnormal power? Before the war, it looked as\r\nthough it might be possible, for the first time in history to provide food and\r\nclothing and shelter for the teaming population of the world-every man, woman\r\nand child. This would have been the greatest triumphs of science. And yet, if\r\nyou remember, we saw the world crammed, full of food and people hungry. Today,\r\nthe leaders are bare and millions, starving. That’s more begin to hum, are we\r\ngoing to see again more and more food, and people still hungry? For the goods,\r\nit makes the goods, but avoids the consequences.
The\r\nmachine age produces:
This is the age of machine.\r\nMachines are everywhere, in the fields, in the factory, in the home, In the\r\nstreet, in the city, in the country, everywhere. To fly, it is not necessary to\r\nhave wings; there are machines. To swim under the sea, it is not necessary to\r\nhave gills; there are machines. To kill our fellowmen in over-whelming numbers,\r\nthere are machines. Petrol machines alone provide ten times more power than all\r\nhuman beings in the world. In the busiest countries, each individual has six\r\nhundred human slaves in his machines.
What\r\nare the consequences of this abnormal power? Before the war, it looked as\r\nthough it might be possible, for the first time in history to provide food and\r\nclothing and shelter for the teaming population of the world-every man, woman\r\nand child. This would have been the greatest triumphs of science. And yet, if\r\nyou remember, we saw the world crammed, full of food and people hungry. Today,\r\nthe leaders are bare and millions, starving. That’s more begin to hum, are we\r\ngoing to see again more and more food, and people still hungry? For the goods,\r\nit makes the goods, but avoids the consequences.
The\r\nmachine age produces:
This is the age of machine.\r\nMachines are everywhere, in the fields, in the factory, in the home, In the\r\nstreet, in the city, in the country, everywhere. To fly, it is not necessary to\r\nhave wings; there are machines. To swim under the sea, it is not necessary to\r\nhave gills; there are machines. To kill our fellowmen in over-whelming numbers,\r\nthere are machines. Petrol machines alone provide ten times more power than all\r\nhuman beings in the world. In the busiest countries, each individual has six\r\nhundred human slaves in his machines.
What\r\nare the consequences of this abnormal power? Before the war, it looked as\r\nthough it might be possible, for the first time in history to provide food and\r\nclothing and shelter for the teaming population of the world-every man, woman\r\nand child. This would have been the greatest triumphs of science. And yet, if\r\nyou remember, we saw the world crammed, full of food and people hungry. Today,\r\nthe leaders are bare and millions, starving. That’s more begin to hum, are we\r\ngoing to see again more and more food, and people still hungry? For the goods,\r\nit makes the goods, but avoids the consequences.
This\r\nis the age of the?
This is the age of machine.\r\nMachines are everywhere, in the fields, in the factory, in the home, In the\r\nstreet, in the city, in the country, everywhere. To fly, it is not necessary to\r\nhave wings; there are machines. To swim under the sea, it is not necessary to\r\nhave gills; there are machines. To kill our fellowmen in over-whelming numbers,\r\nthere are machines. Petrol machines alone provide ten times more power than all\r\nhuman beings in the world. In the busiest countries, each individual has six\r\nhundred human slaves in his machines.
What\r\nare the consequences of this abnormal power? Before the war, it looked as\r\nthough it might be possible, for the first time in history to provide food and\r\nclothing and shelter for the teaming population of the world-every man, woman\r\nand child. This would have been the greatest triumphs of science. And yet, if\r\nyou remember, we saw the world crammed, full of food and people hungry. Today,\r\nthe leaders are bare and millions, starving. That’s more begin to hum, are we\r\ngoing to see again more and more food, and people still hungry? For the goods,\r\nit makes the goods, but avoids the consequences.
What\r\nwould be one of the greatest triumphs of science?