Excerpt from Social and International Ideals: Being Studies in Patriotism
I presume that the first necessity in teaching a subject is to set our own ideas in order. And an attempt in this direction is what I have principally in mind this evening. The technique of teaching I must leave to those who have made it their special duty. But it has occurred to me that certain passages from great writers to which I shall call your attention might conceivably be made useful in the actual work of schools. That, however, is not for me to say.
1. First, then, as to the current ideas of patriotism.
I remember a distinguished naval officer observing to me: "Of course, patriotism should be taught in all the schools." My response was not too eager, because I did not feel sure what he might mean by patriotism. I have since noted with pleasure that he has taken as an example of patriotism the arduous and courageous work of an elementary school-teacher in remote and thinly populated districts of our colonics, offering to them a well-merited meed of praise. It seems, therefore, that I was too sceptical, and that his conception of the patriot"s temper was not militant or self-seeking, but large and sound.
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