The origin and ideals of the modern school / by Francisco Ferrer ; translated by Joseph McCabe.

  • Ferrer Guardia, Francisco, 1859-1909.
Date:
1913
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    do not know, without distinction of classes [there were children of university professors among them, it will be remembered], we are children of one family guided to the same end...... The ignorant man isa nullity ; little or nothing can be expected of him. He is a warning to us not to waste time; on the contrary, let us profit by it, and in due course we will be rewarded. Let us not miss the fruits of a good school, and, honouring our teachers, our family, and society, we shall live happily. A child of ten philosophises on the faults of man- kind, which, in her opinion, can be avoided by instruction and goodwill :— Among the faults of mankind are lying, hypocrisy, and egoism. If men, and especially women, were better instructed, and women were entirely equal to men, these faults would disappear. Parents would not send their children to religious schools, which ‘neulcate false ideas, but to rational schools, where there is no teaching of the supernatural, which does not exist; nor to make war; but to live in solidarity and work in common. We will close with the following essay, written by a young lady of sixteen, which is correct enough in form and substance to quote in entirety :— What inequality there is in the present social order! Some working from morning to night with- out more profit than enough to buy their insufficient food ; others receiving the products of the workers in order to enjoy themselves with the superfluous. Why ‘5 this so? Are we not all equal? Undoubtedly we are; but society does not recognise it, while some are destined to work and suffering, and others to