Elementary Civics: The New Civics (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From Elementary Civics: The New Civics We Have Not Attempted To Carry Out Any Stereotyped Idea Of A Text Book In Civics. Our Aim Has Been To Give The Child Of The Upper Grammar Grades Such An Understand Ing Of His Relation To Other People As Will Make Him A Good Citizen. That Understanding Can Come Only With A Knowl Edge Of The Difficulties The Human Race Has Had In Learning To Live And Work Together. An Appreciation Of The Advan Tages To Him Of The Present Stage Of Cooperation Can Be Gained Only With A Knowledge Of The Slow And Patient Steps Which Have Brought Us To That Stage. A Zeal For Carrying The Human Race Still Further Forward In Its Ability To Live And Work Together Can Be Inspired In The Hearts Of All Our Children Only When The Advantages Of The Present And The Future Are Made To Stand Out Against The Disadvantages Of The Past. It Is Faith That We All Need; And By Faith We Mean The Belief That We Can Bring To Pass The Good We Desire For The Human Race. We Have Told The Story, Therefore, Of A Few Of The Struggles Which Our Ancestors Have Had In Order To Obtain And Transmit To Us Some Of The Things Which We Now Con Sider Essential To Our Comfort And Happiness. The Child Can Grasp The Idea Of A Mountain As Early As He Can Grasp The Phenomenon Of Erosion On That Mountain. In The Same Way, He Can Grasp The Great Movements Of Society As Easily As He Can Grasp The Petty Details Of Township Or County Organization. Big Things, If Taught As Simply, Are As Easy To Grasp As Little Things. If The Child Is Ever To Have The Proper Perspective He Must See The Great Background Against Which The Little Details Stand Out. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At Www.Forgottenbooks.Com This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses StateOfTheArt Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfe