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Autor: Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Buch: Topics in Education Titel: Topics in Education Stichwort: 2.1 The Masses Kurzinhalt: Is it possible to extend higher civilization to the lower classes without debasing its standard and diluting its quality to the vanishing point? Textausschnitt: 25/1 The first new factor is the masses. In 150 years the population of the earth has increased by 1,000 million. The increase has been possible in virtue of modern commerce, industry, and technology. To think of liquidating our industrial and technological societies is to think of liqudating the greater part of the earth's present population. |