Questions and Exercises

  1. Account for the production of some of our greatest religious literature in prison or in exile. Give other instances than the one mentioned by the author.
  2. Give your idea of the author’s concept of the terms “bondage” and “freedom.”
  3. Add to the instances noted in this chapter where ignorance has produced bondage.
  4. Defend the assertion that the cost of ignorance in our country exceeds the cost of education. The total amount spent for public education in 1915 slightly exceeded $500,000,000.
  5. How do the typical recitations of your school contribute to the happiness of your pupils? Be specific.
  6. How may lack of thoroughness limit freedom? Illustrate.
  7. How may education give rise to self-reliance? Self-respect?
  8. Show that national and religious freedom depend upon education.

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