It may make all the difference to the intellectual climate of a people whether, for instance, the history learned by children in schools is wide and generous, or parochial and narrow, whether its teachers cultivate the sceptical mind, or the positive mind.
Laski argues that the breadth of historical education influences the intellectual openness of future generations.
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