Show Study History to Understand Present Condition If you want to understand the world in which you live and Wand the activity of peoples you live and the activity of people that now populate the globe you must first o of all know much about past history and the experiences of the human human human hu hu- hu- hu man race in the years that have pre preceded eded us Th The man or woman who attempts to pass judgment upon human activities solely upon the basis of his own personal personal personal per per- experience has o overlooked overlooked over over- er- er looked the long tenure of man manon manon manon on this earth and the varied experiences that have combined combined combined com com- to create our present civilization To judge the race t today we must look backward not just justa a decade or a generation but perhaps a few hundred years ears at at the least In this way if you can can get accurate information information information tion as to the economic poli poll and spiritual condition of ol earlier peoples you will be beable beable beable able to appraise the present position of m mankind Those who critically seek to understand the way people I lived say in the century and the organization of men and women into the forms of human activity perceive some ch changes and observe definite trends in human behavior however r expressed And seeing seeing see seeing see see- ing these changes and trends one bec becomes mes a a little more pleased with the present gen gen- n. n One of the predominant trends of the past few centuries centuries centuries ies has been the gradual acceptance acceptance ac- ac on the part pan of government government government gov gov- of a responsibility for or the physical well-being well of its pe people This is evident in a variety of activities including education health social ocial and economic fields The trend h has s been denounced by some as a a step toward socialism socialism socialism so so- and the destruction of private initiative ever since it began egan and it will willbe be so denounced denounced denounced de de- de- de for the the next three hundred centuries In the meantime however the ion of peoples has steadily been improved and will con e continue con con- to be bettered |