294 INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL SCIENCE 



learn one thing alone, other than a fact, for all knowledge is 

 one knowledge. 



The uncivilized races know how to do a great many things; 

 they know very seldom why they do such things. Customs 

 and usages are their masters. Nature controls them, and 

 they are helpless under unfavorable conditions of weather or 

 health. There are no connecting links to bind their bits of 

 knowledge together, and reasoning power has not developed. 

 Superstition is common, and their religion is based upon sacri- 

 fices by which the gods may be propitiated. 



Education is the greatest civilizing factor. It leads us to 

 a fuller appreciation of life in its entirety. It destroys super- 

 stitions and stimulates ambition toward better living. While 

 there are educated men who are criminals, education did not 

 make them so, and a more complete education, extending 

 back into their parents' lives, could have prevented the 

 crimes. When education has advanced far enough, there 

 will be no sin, but the education must be general, unlimited 

 by faith or creed, undimmed by prejudice or narrowness. 



References : 



1. 1501:398. A Long Life. 



2. 1503:11-13. Science and Matter. Classification of 



Facts. 



a. 1303 : 364-367. Geographical Factors in the Life of Civil- 

 ized People. 



6. 1311 : 346-370. The Earth and Man. 



c. 1904 : 187. Educating the Public. 



212. MANNER OF LIVING 



The worth of a man to the world and to himself is accord- 

 ing to his manner of living. One who only works a little, 



