sort of catching-up of France with England, the First World War 
was itself a major phase of the final industrialization of 
Germany and America. As Rome had  shown before, and Russia 
has shown today, militarism is itself the main route of 
technological education and acceleration for lagging areas.

     Almost unanimous enthusiasm for improved routes of 
land transportation followed the War of 1812. Furthermore, 
the British blockade of the Atlantic coast had compelled an 
unprecedented amount of land carriage, thus emphasizing the 
unsatisfactory character of the highways. War is certainly a 
form of emphasis that delivers many a telling touch to lagging 
social attention. However, in the very Hot Peace since the 
Second War, it is the highways of the mind that have been 
found inadequate. Many have felt dissatisfaction with our 
educational methods since Sputnik, in exactly the same spirit