Some winters ago, a group of men met together in Shanghai to discuss a book on social ethics. They repeatedly came to the conclusion that education would make it easier to solve problems. The thought in their minds in most instances might have been phrased as "if people only knew the facts concerning a situation, the would act differently". The idea was not new, Hendrik Van Loon's three the "Story of Mankind," the of Mankind," and the "Home of Mankind," and H. G. Wells' "Outline of History." "Science of Life," and the "Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind," were works in support. of this view. People could not manage their lives properly unless they knew what they were, and how they stood to the people and things about them
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