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Such an attempt, and such an approach to a difficult subject must necessarily meet with many dilemmas and limitations. But a great need has been felt for a reader which would render the study of civics not only attractive, but simple and easy to children. Children, still in the imaginal stage, find it very hard to concentrate upon the generalized facts which fill textbooks in civics. So there has ... More

Such an attempt, and such an approach to a difficult subject must necessarily meet with many dilemmas and limitations. But a great need has been felt for a reader which would render the study of civics not only attractive, but simple and easy to children. Children, still in the imaginal stage, find it very hard to concentrate upon the generalized facts which fill textbooks in civics. So there has been a tendency among teachers to regard the subject as suitable only for high-school students. But a large proportion of our school children never enter high school. They should not leave the public schools without having received some training in citizenship. It is believed that the study of democracy in evolution is the most attractive to children and the most scientific method of study. As citizens, the children must learn to think in terms of the past and of the future. The title of this book, The Story of Democracy, is not entirely satisfactory, because it might perhaps be misunderstood to imply that there is only one story of democracy, and that a childs reader is endeavoring to tell it all, which would be most absurd. But it suggests, at least, the purpose to which the book is dedicated: that every American child should be able to picture the long journey of mankind towards democracy as the story of the struggle for a great cause in which he himself, or she herself, will finally take an active part. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
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