Education: Spanish Histories

At the Imperial Educational Conference in London, L. C. M. S. Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, said: ” Education is the foundation and life of a nation.” The idea is not novel. And the emphasis is bad. Education for the mere purpose of propping up a nation is apt to be a very curious kind of education. Spanish books of history speak thus of our war with Spain: ” After battles on land and sea and many heroic deeds by our brave soldiers and sailors, Spain agreed to peace terms which obliged the North Americans to pay us twenty million dollars of their money.” True—but incomplete.