I have always been inclined to give the generations prior to my own a pass on their participation in government schools, because back then it "wasn't so bad." But, I obviously only thought so because I was the product of the progressive destruction of that system. This quote proves that our fathers had been sufficiently warned for generations.
Regarding "signalized crosswalks", I was at an intersection in town recently waiting for a light and tried to count all of the signs and lights I could see. I didn't have near enough time to finish the count. It's appalling.
Railroads, cars, even bicycles (all of which were mature technologies by the 1920s), are more regimented ways of traveling than riding a horse or walking. Perhaps Machen wrote about that as well.
Excellent! Thank you again for your thoughts. I look forward to all you write.
I have always been inclined to give the generations prior to my own a pass on their participation in government schools, because back then it "wasn't so bad." But, I obviously only thought so because I was the product of the progressive destruction of that system. This quote proves that our fathers had been sufficiently warned for generations.
Regarding "signalized crosswalks", I was at an intersection in town recently waiting for a light and tried to count all of the signs and lights I could see. I didn't have near enough time to finish the count. It's appalling.
Railroads, cars, even bicycles (all of which were mature technologies by the 1920s), are more regimented ways of traveling than riding a horse or walking. Perhaps Machen wrote about that as well.