Excerpt from The World an Educational Unit With Centralized Education as the Controlling Force: A Plea From the Poor for the Same Educational Home Environments as the Rich Enjoy, and a Plea From the Rich for Better Thought Much has been said Of the wonderful stability and power Of centralized governments, it being recognized that the only trouble in centralization is despotism by armies through physical force. In this plan we have all the power and stability without the danger. We, the people, may have centralized educational influence for the sake Of self-knowledge, guidance, and unity that gives us just what we need. We, as citizens Of a republic, would be bound together by blood, language, thought, interest, commerce, and by an education invincible in the blending, giving us increased intelligence. In this way the United States would become an educational unit. 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 state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.