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A WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA
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He proposes an Encyclopaedis that could be the school and university of every intelligent man and woman in the world. Not the collection of hurried summaries that constitutes the Fordinary encyclopaedia, but an assemblage of the best that has been written on each subject, selected and quoted after the criticism and approval of the most eminent authorities. It should be under the direction of a permanent organisation which would include most of the out- standing specialists in the world. It would be revised and enlarged No person who is able to and changed with the growth in reflect upon the position at the quantity and accuracy of in- present day of humanity at large, formation, and its editorial, or- in touch of man and all his works as dis-ganisation would be tinguished from the smaller pro-with original thinkers in ever blems of single States and na- country. Conflicting statements tions, of political parties and would not be excluded, so that it factions, can fail to be struck by might become, as Mr. Wells puts the almost hopeless mess into it, a clearing house of mis- which civilisation has landed it understandings. The scheme self. A lesser prophet than Mr. bristles with difficulties but they H. G. Wells might predict, as he do-not appear to be insurmount did recently in a lecture at the able, especially if the sympathy Royal Institution, that "our of the savants and specialists is species might yet end its strange enlisted. The expense of it Leventful history as just the last, would be enormous, but it might the cleverest of the great apes, eventually, as a world monopoly, the great ape that was clever bring in sufficient revenue to but not clever enough" The bald bear its initial expenses and statement that an encyclopaedia maintain itself Most of the might be expected to care the ills material is already written. of the world hardly carries con Collection, selection and criticism viction. And yet it was the and the task of engaging the famous Encyclopaedia of
and his colleagues operation of intellectual work-
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ers in every country in the world century that played a powerful would be the part of the organ- part in caring at least some of isation. The key bibliography the ills of France and, incident-that would be the first matter to ally, of Europe. Mr. Wells a be published would be valuable few weeks ago proposed to the besides being an earnest of the scientists assembled at the Royal greater work to come. The bene
a work would Institutiona World Encyclo fits that such paedia not so much a book as bring are undoubted if only it is an institution, for the purpose of able to overcome the opposition, orientating and organising know obstruction and indifference with ledge throughout the world to which it is likely to meet close the terrifying gap be many quarters. "It must," tween available knowledge and Mr. Wells says, “exert a very current political and social great infinence upon everyone who controls administrations: makes war3.
mass, be- Mr. Wells was especially con-
haviour, feeds, moves, starves sidering what he called the
and kills populations. He does ing element in the modern human
not claim that it will solve any. eded social mechanism,
one of the grave problems that connection between the
confront mankind to-day, but he cipient and informative.
vinced, we think not u and the power organisation reasonably, that it will do more Political leaders, dictators, legis
than any revolutionary move- lators are ignorant of the know-ment to cure the mental con- ledge which is power to organise fusion that is threatening the human affairs, knowledge which world with cat trophe:
events."
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