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There was not enough available (or provided) to make the sacrifices seem at all worth- while. As much of the fatalistic literature and poetry of the time indicates, revolution was impending. To appease the conditions, the social architects permitted the first “Socialist” governments to come to power and allowed the ordinary family to send their most accomplished progeny to school. With the privilege of education came man's chance to uncover what has been hidden for so long from him and his fellows. We now have access to the subject of history, but that we know so little about the real events of the past is cause for sorrow and alarm. Moreover, the manner in which such subjects are taught ensures that we remain with little knowledge. Regarding education, we would do well to teach ourselves and our descendants the words of poet Alexander Pope: Regarding the cabals of academia, what is the general constitution of the type who matriculates? Too often we find that the tendency of the graduated ponderous academe is to become a legend in his own mind. He is utterly fixated on personal interests and peer recognition. Is this not the scenario we often encounter and are frequently seduced into accolading? Has our access to the corridors of learning helped the planet? Does it not give us chains of gold to replace those of iron? Are we not again playing by the rules of the adversary? Whose books are we reading? Whose biographies are we memorizing? Whose sciences are we mastering? Whose trophies are we coveting? If a man guards a book night and day, what is more important, the man or the book? (The Silent Flute by Bruce Lee and James Coburn) Definition of a scientist - a man who knows nothing, until there is nothing left to know. (From “Omega Man” with Charlton Heston) 137 Epilogue: Time to Change the Road You’re On Drink it deep or touch not the Pyrenean Spring, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. True meaning of “Graduation” - gradual indoctrination (Jordan Maxwell) If aman has merit, what is the use of decorating him? (Charles Baudelaire) Knowledge makes good men better, and bad men worse. (Anonymous) Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation