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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