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Adult learning, spread of, 167 Aircraft as a means of quick travel, 48 in future wars, 9 Air transport a problem for Europe, 58 possibilities of future, 66 "All-red air routes," 67 America and the League of Nations, 15, 28, 47 generalized history teaching in, 108 her part in European reconstruction, 62 locomotion in, 49, 52 political unity of, 60 (see also United States) American social system, comparisons, 2 Americans, patriotism of, 69 Anthology and a modernized Bible, 125 Apocrypha, the, and a modernized Bible, 119 et seq. Arithmetic, a wrong way of teaching, 149 Austria after the war, 44 Belloc, Hilaire, 178 Bible, the, a criticism of, 98 et seq. and the theory of origin, 103 English translation of, 107 its effect upon civilization, 101 redundancy in, 99 rules of health in, 111 why it has lost hold on the people, 101 Bible of Civilization, the, 95 et seq. need for frequent revision, 136 what it will contain, 105 et seq. Biology, Huxley's system of, 171 study of, 151, 152 Bolshevik propaganda, suppression of, 175 Bolshevism and the overthrow of Russia, 44 Books and mentality, 183 Boundary question in Europe, 54, 59, 61, 62 Bradlaugh, Charles, lectures of, 171 Breasted, Professor, works of, 108 Breeding, points required in, 140 Britain, national egotism of, 72 British Civil Air Transport Committee, 48, 66 British Empire, the, a prime necessity for security of, 65 a wrong conception of, 64 an ocean state, 65 its failure with reconstruction, 28-9 British monarchy, the, lost opportunities of, 29 Browning, Oscar, 108 Canonical books and the Bible of Civilization, 119 Chinese discovery of gunpowder, 6 Christianity, 23 spread of, in Western Europe, 78 Cinematograph, the, as an aid to teaching, 80, 161 Civilization, adjustment of political ideas necessary for, 46 effect of the Bible on, 101 impotence of, 1 the Bible of, 95 et seq. the war and, 43 et seq. College stage of education, 168 changed conditions of, 180 how it could be improved, 172 problem of its extension, 177 Comenius, political and educational ideas of, 95, 97, 138 Committees, good work by, 107 Communism and property, 115 Communists, Russian, and the Press, 186 Connecticut, State of, the Bible as its only law, 98 Conscience the basis of moral life, 20 Contemporary problems, complexity of, 3 Cosmogony of the Bible, the, 103-4 Customs, the, and European travel, 56 Declaration of Independence, 63, 107 Denmark, present-day conditions in, 45 Disarmament, ineffectual movements for, 13 Discovery, the age of, 6 Education a fundamental difficulty, 155 chief end of, 25 degradation of, 105 in the world state, 20, 90 necessary basis of, 103 neglect of language teaching, 145 past and present, 79, 104 primary obstacle to, 153 progressive character of, 166, 183 reorganization of, needed, 158, 165 Educational organization, a review of, 139 need of, 194 England before and after the war, 45 Epics and a modernized Bible, 125 Eugenic literature, 140, 141 Europe, and the League of Nations, 47 boundary question of, 54, 59, 61, 62 in the seventeenth century, 96 problem of air transport, 58 propaganda of patriotism in, 72 results of political disunion, 54 slow economic recovery of, 59 European travel, preparations needed for, 55 Evening continuation and technical schools, 169 Exchange, fluctuating nature of, 56, 57 Federal World State, an approaching reality, 80 Forecasts, a Book of, and the modernized Bible, 132 Foresight, need of, 133 France, national egotism of, 72 post-war decadence in, 45 Frontiers and the possibility of war, 59 Geography, improved method of teaching, 151 Germany, ebb in civilization in, 45 intensive nationalist education in, 72 Gladstone, Mr., a speech by, 171 Gramophones as aids to school teaching, 160 Gunpowder, discovery of, 6 Hamsun's Growth of the Soil, 124 Health and the citizen, 111 Hebrew Bible, the, 110 Henley, a poem by, 127 Herbert, Auberon, lectures by, 171 Higher education, a false conception of, 181 Historical books, value of illustrations and maps in, 110 History, and national egotism, 73 cardinal experiences in, 1 History of the Ancient World, 108 History teaching in schools, unsatisfactory nature of, 151 Holland, post-war condition of, 45 Human brotherhood, gospel of, 24 Human disorder, the key to, 192 Human outlook, the, 1 Human society, ancient and modern, 5 needs reconstruction, 11 Human unity and a world state, 75 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 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 World, the, as a university, 168