The loom of language : a guide to foreign languages for the home student

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"Like that of its predecessor, Science for the citizen, the project of the loom of lenguage is based on the conviction that the orientation of studies in our schools, universities, and adult education movement does not provide a sufficient equipment for the constructive tasks of the society in which we live, that radical changes in the scope and methods of education are a necessary of continued social progress, that such educational reforms will not come about unless there is a vigorous popular demand for them, and that mere precept or controversial criticism is not likely to stimulate popular demand for reform unless the plain man can examine substantial examples of instruction vitalized by a new infusion of social relevance".