CHAPTER VII 



Education 



It has been shown how small is our 

 agricultural population in comparison with 

 our urban population, in comparison with the 

 vast land area of the Empire, and in 

 comparison with the agricultural population 

 of European Germany. It is clear that we 

 must increase the number of people living 

 on the land and by the land, if we are to 

 raise the production of the land of the 

 United Kingdom on the one hand, and, on 

 the other, if we are to consolidate the 

 Empire and keep it British. 



If we are to increase the agricultural popu- 

 lation we must see that our system of educa- 

 tion is of a type that will produce manual 

 workers rather than clerks, for it is certain 

 that if more of these workers are produced 

 the land will get a larger proportion of culti- 

 vators than at present. Men trained as 



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