EDUCATION AND WAR.
In stressing the value of good education in the course; of his remarks as a member of a deputation to the Minister of Education at Wellington, Mr. L. Hennessey said tjvat education was the greatest foroe in the world at the present time tor thft uplifting of the people, and the Great War might have been averted if it had been feared with due importance in the past. The Minister (the Hon. R. A. Wright): Do you think it will prevent wari Mfr Hennessey said he thought it would tend that way, Th® nations that h&4 been at war, and those which wer§ most likely to be at wq,r ip ti ? future, he added, were those which paid the eloeest attention to education. Mr. Wright: Bqt the people of Ger-' many wanted to war. It w&s not because of their education, was itt ,f No," replied Mr. Hennessey, "in spite pf their education they were insufficiently educated." (Laughter and applause),
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1928, Page 17
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