Excerpt from German and English Education: A Comparative Study Thus the war has opened people's eyes to the national meaning of education. Many for the first time now understand that education is an organ of national life as vital as its economic and political organization; many now are convinced that the power of education for the woe or weal of the nation is not eclipsed by that of any other province of national activity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.