[7] By England in South Africa, America in the Philippines, France in Morocco, Italy in Tripoli, Germany in Southwest Africa, Russia in Persia and Manchuria, Japan in Manchuria.
[8] This was written in 1915.
[9] This would be as true under a syndicalist régime as it is at present.
[10] These changes, which are to be desired on their own account, not only in order to prevent war, will be discussed in later lectures.
[11] What is said on this subject in the present lecture is only preliminary, since the subsequent lectures all deal with some aspect of the same problem.
[12] Except by that small minority who are capable of artistic enjoyment.
[13] Booth’s “Life and Labour of the People,” vol. iii.
[14] As regards the education of young children, Madame Montessori’s methods seem to me full of wisdom.
[15] The Teaching of Patriotism. His Majesty’s Approval.
The King has been graciously pleased to accept a copy of the little book containing suggestions to local education authorities and teachers in Wales as to the teaching of patriotism which has just been issued by the Welsh Department of the Board of Education in connection with the observance of the National Anniversary of St. David’s Day. His Private Secretary (Lord Stamfordham), in writing to Mr. Alfred T. Davies, the Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Department, says that his Majesty is much pleased with the contents of the book, and trusts that the principles inculcated in it will bear good fruit in the lives and characters of the coming generation.—Morning Post, January 29, 1916.