Excerpt from The Causes, and Meaning of the Great War
The principal reason for the teaching of history is to explain the meaning of human life, and in this way to reveal to the learner his relations to the social and moral world of which he is a part. The understanding thus afforded is the best equipment possible for intelligent and useful service in the cooperative life and work of a democracy like ours.
With this conception of the function and value of history and of the importance of making clear to American boys and girls our national ideals as well as our international relations and responsibilities, the author has prepared this book, upon request of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, for use in the upper grammar grades and the lower classes of high schools. Emphasis has been put upon the reasons why our country entered the conflict and the large part she played in winning victory for the cause of democracy and humanity.
One of the author"s aims has been to show how the new Germany, which came into being in 1871 as the outcome of three successful wars, differed from the old, and how her wonderful material success led to an intense desire for world conquest and world domination.
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