390 World Federation and Social Progress 



Christendom federation will make possible a 

 religion of the New Testament with its God of 

 Love in place of the religion of the old Testament 

 with its God of Battles. 



The advantages of federation for the cause of 

 education will be far-reaching. As in the case of 

 the Church, public instruction has been used as an 

 instrument for strengthening the centralized power 

 of the State. In France public instruction was 

 introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte as a measure 

 for increasing its military power. In miany 

 countries the schools have been used to teach a 

 narrow idea of patriotism, based on a distorted 

 interpretation of history and a hatred of the 

 "hereditary" national enemies. In the midst of 

 an anarchistic environment, the ideal of the school 

 has been the regiment, with its mechanical autom.a- 

 tism. In the environment of federation the ideal 

 will be the most complete diversity and the 

 development of individual character. For the 

 first time adequate funds wUl be available to 

 reduce the number of pupils per teacher so that 

 there will be a possibility of giving sufficient 

 attention to each child to develop his own individ- 

 uality. As long as the reign of international an- 

 archy continues, armaments must consume all the 

 fruits of progress and there can be no hope of 

 providing adequate funds for social welfare, educa- 

 tion, science, art, or any of the higher purposes of 

 civilization. 



The subjection of women, aa we have seen in 



