CHAPTER XXIII.

EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM -- HISTORIC.

_THE MIDDLE AGES._

The Trinity upon which Civilization Rests: Justice, the Arts, and Labor; and these Depend upon Scientific Education. -- Reason of the Failure of Theodoric and Charlemagne to Reconstruct the Pagan Civilization. -- Contempt of Man. -- Serfdom. -- The Vices of the Time: False Philosophy, an Odious Social Caste, and Ignorance. -- The Splendid Career of the Moors in Spain, in Contrast. -- Effect upon Spain of the Expulsion of the Moors. -- The Repressive Force of Authority and the Atrocious Philosophy of Contempt of Man. -- The Rule of Italy -- a Menace and a Sneer. -- The work of Regeneration. -- The Crusades. -- The Destruction of Feudalism. -- The Invention of Printing. -- The Discovery of America. -- Investigation. -- Discoveries in Science and Art. 278