(SR.)] [Footnote 6385: IIIrd Republique lasted from 14-9-1870 until 13-7-1940.
(SR.)] [Footnote 6386: Instruction is good, not in itself, but through the good it does, and especially to those who possess or acquire it.

If, simply by raising his finger, a man could enable every French man or woman to read Virgil readily and demonstrate Newton's binomial theory, this man would be dangerous and ought to have his hands tied; for, should he inadvertently raise his finger, manual labor would be repugnant and, in a year or two, become almost impossible in France.] [Footnote 6387: And so it happened.

After the second world war, when international Marxism became installed its agents throughout the Western world, compulsory, unified education was pushed from the age of 14 to 16 and a majority of young remained in school till after their 18th birthday, an education which successfully made them believe that the attitudes and values they were taught were the only valid ones.

(SR.)] [Footnote 6388: Liard, "Universites et Facultes," p.

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