It is, however, often the case that the study of the
history and institutions of modern countries is not associated
sufficiently with the study of their language.
The public and grammar schools of England, as contrasted with the
newer secondary schools, are more especially the homes of classical
studies, and it is through the working of these schools that the
knowledge of institutions in ancient Greece and Rome will have its
greatest effect on citizenship.
The study of political science as a specific subject is gaining ground
in universities, whilst the study of the Empire and its institutions
has naturally made rapid progress during the last few years. There may
also be noted distinct tendencies, arising out of the experience of
the war, towards the foundation of schools destined to deal with the
institutions and the thought of foreign countries. In the schools of
economics and history there is fulness of attempt to study all that
can be included under the generic title of civics which, after all,
may be defined as political and social science interpreted in
immediate and practical ways.
[Footnote 1: Peabody, _The Religion of an Educated Man_.]
[Footnote 2: Haines, _The Teaching of Government_.]
[Footnote 3: Haines, _The Teaching of Government._]
[Footnote 4: Bourne, _The Teaching of History and Civics in the
Elementary and the Secondary School_.]
[Footnote 5: Charles Morley, 1897.
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