The Schools of Austria-Hungary, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Schools of Austria-Hungary, Vol. 9 Austrian, feeling for the State has never been sufficiently strong to supplant the attachment for his native crownland. In Germany there was, in 1900, only one case of illiteracy among recruits, while in Austria there were 356. Since then the figures have become considerably less. This result should be judged in the light of the fact that Germany examines her young men at the time of recruiting, while Austria and Hungary at the time of taking the census. In Germany three generations have passed since school attendance was made obligatory, while in Austria two and in Hun gary only one. The incessant conflict among 8, 9, or 10 different races has obscured the View in respect to social, cultural, and educational needs, and here is at least one cause of the lack of determination vigorously to combat the condition of illiteracy that prevails. 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.