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India, almost all you know makes an added diffi-
culty, and the inadequacy of the means seems to
render a rational answer well-nigh impossible. Still,
in India as in Europe, this question cannot be escaped
from. It is not so very many years ago that the
phrase was used as regards England herself : "England
must either educate or perish " ; for in the West the
■whole struggle of nations so far as commerce, industry
and material prosperity are concerned comes down to
a question of superior education. It is in education,
that Germany went so rapidly ahead, and by the
education of her people she seems to have solved the
question of poverty. If you look into the details of
that, and it is worth your while to do it, you will
find how carefully planned is every part of the
education, how the Government to the full feels its
duty in the matter and discharges that duty. When
you come to England you may remember that, not
very many years ago, the British Association for the
Advancement of Science took up the educational
question, pressed it on the attention of the English
Government, declared that. the hope of England in
the future must, if it were to be realised, be realised
through education. Looked at from that point
of view, you will find that the greatest efforts are
being made to provide education in England; it
is not only there a question of mass education,
but the Government is taking up technical education,
is making the Universities more popular, is practically
culty, and the inadequacy of the means seems to
render a rational answer well-nigh impossible. Still,
in India as in Europe, this question cannot be escaped
from. It is not so very many years ago that the
phrase was used as regards England herself : "England
must either educate or perish " ; for in the West the
■whole struggle of nations so far as commerce, industry
and material prosperity are concerned comes down to
a question of superior education. It is in education,
that Germany went so rapidly ahead, and by the
education of her people she seems to have solved the
question of poverty. If you look into the details of
that, and it is worth your while to do it, you will
find how carefully planned is every part of the
education, how the Government to the full feels its
duty in the matter and discharges that duty. When
you come to England you may remember that, not
very many years ago, the British Association for the
Advancement of Science took up the educational
question, pressed it on the attention of the English
Government, declared that. the hope of England in
the future must, if it were to be realised, be realised
through education. Looked at from that point
of view, you will find that the greatest efforts are
being made to provide education in England; it
is not only there a question of mass education,
but the Government is taking up technical education,
is making the Universities more popular, is practically