Excerpt from Education and Industrial Evolution During the nineteenth century, greater changes in manufacture, commerce and agriculture took place than during the preceding ten centuries. The military basis of civilization was hastily swept away, and replaced by industrial foundations. New classes of people and new economic interests arose, and old ones disappeared or sank in relative importance. Manners, customs and ways of living were trans formed. The ends of the earth were drawn into vital contact; the continents were moored side by side. In a word, social and industrial life was revolutionized. The qualities which count for na tional success and grandeur are no longer purely warlike or artistic; industrial capacity and skill now become absolutely essential. The warrior bows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.