Amen Histories

In the U. S. the whole teaching profession and most universities are "under the thumb of bigoted capitalists." It is a fact, so stated by Bertrand Russell. This brilliant English mathematician, again lecturing in America on social questions, has an international reputation for his willingness to discuss anything at any time on any evidence. His recent book on China is embellished by more errors than it was hitherto thought possible to squeeze into a single volume.

It is, however, an ancient phenomenon that the human mind may reason from a false premise to a sound conclusion. This Mr. Russell did when at the end of a speech to the Teaching Union in Manhattan he besought teachers to teach first the love of truth, and not to exalt the merits of any nation or any group at the expense of truth. He denounced the history books now being given to American children which conscientiously describe this country as being altogether without sin, in the beginning, now, and forevermore. Amen.