{"1": {"fulltext": "1045\\n37\\ny 1\\ncssm\\nw*\\nmm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a089\\nHi Wk\\nMM\\n3*M?\u00c2\u00a3SS\\nE v\\nMP\\n^H\\nnHKB9RK6oi\\nBR", "height": "3339", "width": "2314", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "^3\\n%i)t\\nabsolute Curriculum:\\ngts Basts.\\nj tUhtfc KtCtt/ED\\n1 OCT 12 1900\\nCopyright ootry\\nStCCND COPY.\\nD* Uv*\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abrf to\\n04W.H P.VSI0N,\\nt. a. Boweber,\\n6\\nChampaign, Illinois\\n1000.\\n1", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "The work of the School is to deduce the absolute curriculum\\nand to acquaint man with it. The work of the Church is to per-\\nsuade man to heed it.\\nSDttiicatcti to\\nthat appearing- SOLIDARITY, that inspiring- and\\nprogressive principle of the twentieth century, the\\nmutual interest and welfare of all mankind, the right-\\nful manipulation of energy; to its greatest advocate\\nand protector, my beloved country, THE UNITED\\nSTATES OF AMERICA, and to that strong-est guar-\\nanty for the perpetuity of them both, our noble SYS-\\nTEM OP PUBLIC SCHOOLS.\\nHeaven is that place where energy is being perfectly manipu-\\nlated.", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "PREFACE\\nThis pamphlet is an attempt to present the ground\\nplans of an absolute curriculum. The purport of the\\ncurriculum of every educationist in the land is to pre-\\nsent that line of information which, by its use, the\\nlearner may be enabled to more nearly coordinate with\\nthe rest of mankind in the responsibilities of life.\\nAnd it would be well, if possible, to find a common\\nbasis from which all curricula may be derived, and\\nthereby determined as to their comparatively funda-\\nmental or derivative relations in positive terms. Such\\nis believed to be possible, and the scheme for the con-\\nsummation of which is hereby presented, with the\\nhope that what the reader may at first consider as an\\napparent presumption will prove to be the embodiment\\nof truth.\\nVery respectfully,\\nChampaign, Illinois, 1900.\\nC.^, A. Bowsher.\\nCopyrighted and Published\\nBy the Author.\\nPrinted and Bound by The Gazette.", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "w", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE ABSOLUTE CURRICULUM\\nITS BASIS\\nWhen a dweller on the broad plains of the Missis-\\nsippi Valley visits for the first time the mountains of\\nthe west, say the vicinity of Denver, his sense of sig-ht\\napparently becomes deranged. He experiences a con-\\nviction of failure in coordinating- with his environ-\\nment. The perspective appears distorted, the units\\nof measurement become wonderfully magnified and\\nthings are not what they seem. He is profoundly\\nimpressed with a magnificent simplicity found every-\\nwhere in the most wonderful profusion and variety.\\nScenes of grandeur combined in colossal and pictur-\\nesque proportions impress him with the truly awful\\nand sublime. In his singular confusion, a point of\\nview is intuitively sought for from which he may\\norient himself, rectify the units of measurements and\\ngauge the perspective. Accordingly, one finds him-\\nself nicely situated at the University of Denver, south-\\neast of the city and with face westward ho, makes a\\nfirst general survey. There limned against the clear\\nblue of a western sky is perceived the front rank of\\nthe serried hosts of the great continental divide. It\\nappears at first blush that some Titan had piled a\\njagged and precipitous ridge before you. At the\\n5", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "southwest end, 75 miles distant, like a sentinel, stands\\nthe prominence of Pike s Peak capped in white. At\\nequal distance to the northwest is Long s Peak simi-\\nlarly imposing- and bedecked. Between them, arranged\\nin stately company front, are many valorous forms as\\nyet unnamed and unsung-. On viewing- this vast array\\nof grandeur mantled in the various shades of green of\\nmig-hty forests, the whole g-amut of emotions is\\nthrumbed. On due experience, perhaps, you will feel\\nlike the rough rider who, after scaling succeeding\\nheights through vistas of beauty indescribable, impul-\\nsively arose in his stirrups and with sombrero aloft,\\nshouted enthusiastically, Hurrah, hurrah for God!\\nAs it is in this little bit of objective reality, so it\\nis in the subjective realm. Man contemplates upon\\nthe activities of his kind. From the even tenor of\\nhis way he views the surging forces of the subjective\\nworld. He compares them with the annals of the\\npast. After sieges of arduous toil he adjusts himself\\nto a rational perspective, constructs appropriate units\\nof measurement and orients himself from an univer-\\nsal point of view. He conceives of the doctrines of\\nConfucius and Mencius, of Brahman and Buddha, of\\nMoses and Jesus Christ, of Parmenides, Socrates,\\nPlato and Aristotle, of Caesar and Cicero, of Moham-\\nmed, of Bacon, Descartes, Newton, Darwin, LeSage\\nand Clerk Maxwell. Through all these various doc-\\ntrines, a simple truth appears in magnificent simplicity\\nin the most wonderful profusion and variety. As the\\ntrained geologist views the great uplift and conceives", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "it related to some basic substratum of which the\\nstately range is but a wrinkle and the hig-hest peak\\nbut a grain of sand, so the mind must view the great\\nuplift and trend of civilization from some basic and\\nsimple impulse and motive of man and from which em-\\nanate the doctrines of these peaks of humanity. This\\nbasic theme, this central idea for which all philosophy\\nhas soug-ht, this psychological pole star and intellec-\\ntual compass by which the activities of man may be\\ncoordinated and adjusted in their proper latitudes and\\nlongitudes and from which man may inquire of his\\ndestiny is a reality, a basic substratum, it is an ideal\\nthat remains the same yesterday, today and forever.\\nUpon its basic principle rests the real of human rela-\\ntions today, our confidence in the future and all that\\nwas g-ood and true in the past. It is the basis of an\\nabsolute curriculum.\\nTo attain the meaning- of this absolute curricu-\\nlum, we must subject our minds to the dictates of the\\nuniversal psychological law. This law is believed to\\nbe as absolute for the activities of the mind as the\\nlaw of gravitation is for the factors of objective\\nreality, for the awful avalanche or the tiny capillaries\\nof the mountains returning- their waters to the mater-\\nnal flood. By it may any two minds be related in\\npositive terms. The law is as follows: Any two minds\\nmay attain identical opinions concerning- the same\\nthing-, provided they speak the same lang-uag-e, use\\nthe same terminolog-y, employ the same units of meas-\\nurement for contrasting- conceptions, classify deduc-", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8\\ntions by the same system of coordination and have\\nthe same point of view.\\nIn attuning- our minds to these five requirements\\nof the law, let us satisfy the fourth first, the system\\nof coordination, since the first and second are reason-\\nably well known. And, too, let us postulate that\\nanything- whatever that may be thought upon be\\ntermed a world relation; then all world relations may\\nbe grossly classified into objective reality, subjective\\nreality and pure subjective.\\nObjective reality includes all terrestrial relations\\nindependent of man.\\nSubjective reality includes all terrestrial relations\\ndependent on man.\\nPure subjective includes those world relations not\\nwholly controlled by the universal psychological law.\\nWhat is objective reality? What are relations\\nindependent of man? Imagine him stricken from the\\nface of the earth, what world relations would yet\\nremain? The fundamental, the absolute, the object-\\nive and the eternal. Would the winds then blow, car-\\nrying with them the summer s showers and the win-\\nter s snows? Would they still make devastation on\\nthe plain or surge in mountain waves the surface of\\nthe deep? Would the earth still turn and make its\\nannual tour, and all nature break in gladness under\\nthe kisses of the sun? The absence of man would not\\naffect any of these. Now replace man, what would\\nhappen? Everything pertaining to the home, the\\nvocation, the church, the state and the school will be", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "derived. Such is the gross coordination of world rela-\\ntions. But a more discriminating- one, however, is\\nneeded for our purpose. Let us converse with the\\nphysicist as to the world relations he considers. What\\nis his unit of measurement? What is his limit? Ask\\nof the chemist his unit of measurement and limit.\\nSame of the biologist, the subjectivist, the geogra-\\npher and the astronomer. The physicist begins with\\nthe particle of ether as his unit of measurement; his\\nlimit is the molecule. The chemist begins with the\\nmolecule as an unit of measurement; his limit is the\\ncell. The biologist begins with the cell; his limit is\\nthe man. The subjectivist begins with the man as\\nan unit of measurement; his limit is the earth. The\\ngeographer begins with the earth as an unit of meas-\\nurement; his limit is the solar system. The astrono-\\nmer begins with the solar system as an unit of meas-\\nurement; his limit is the visible universe. Hence,\\nfrom the ether particle to the limits of the visible\\nuniverse, all world relations may be arranged in a\\nsystem of coordination of orders of notions in terms\\nof their units and limits.\\nThis system of coordination of notions may be\\nexpressed explicitly in mathematical language by\\ntaking- the geographical order of notions as a basis\\nA A\\nand representing it by the symbol Let repre-\\nsent an infinitesimal relation or the unit of the sub-\\njective order of notions. Then represents the unit\\nof the biological order of notions. By similar repre-", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nsentation for the various units and limits of the dif-\\nferent orders in terms of the geographical order of\\nnotions, the following formula expresses the concep-\\ntion of a summation of all possible world relations in\\nterms of their units and limits.\\n-#4+^3+4i+^+ J L2 e q ual all possible\\nworld relations. The same thing may be expressed in\\npopular language as follows: (Ether particle mole-\\ncule) -f (molecule. cell) (cell. .man)-f (man\\nearth) (earth. .solar system) -f (solar system.\\nvisible universe) equal all possible world relations.\\nHaving substantiated the system of coordination\\nfor all notions of things whatsoever, the next thing\\nin sequence to satisfy the law will be to establish the\\nappropriate point of view. This point of view must\\nbe such that all the representative thinkers just cited\\nmay be satisfied. It is believed that the point of view\\nof the subjectivist, the standpoint that man is the\\nunit for all considerations of terrestrial relations as\\npresented by philosophy of the historic past, is inade-\\nquate for present day requirements. The modern\\ngeographer demands an enlarged conception of the\\nworld. Man is too small an unit of measurement for\\nhis consideration. Instead of the subjectivist supply-\\ning the unit of measurement and the point of view,\\nthe modern geographer henceforth will presume to\\nbear this responsibility.\\nThe modern geographer views all terrestrial rela-\\ntions from the plane of the ecliptic. His unit of meas-", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "11\\nurement is the earth, and his limit is the solar system.\\nThus his mind, compared with that of the subjectivist,\\nis furnished with a psychological lever of prodigious\\npower. The unit of the geographer is the limit of\\nthe subjectivist From the geographer s standpoint,\\naffairs of the terrestrial sphere can be conceived in\\ncomparatively simple terms. From this point of view,\\nthe most essential thing for the phenomena of crea-\\ntion is easily perceived and the highest derivative of\\nterrestrial creation may be positively determined.\\nHence, the mind may attain from this point of view a\\nrational perspective for all terrestrial relations. It\\nalso may perceive a magnificent simplicity running\\nthrough all terrestrial affairs in the most wonderful\\nprofusion and variety. Here is conceived the sub-\\nstratum from which arise the nations of the earth and\\nthe high peaks of civilization. Here is conceived the\\npsychological pole star and compass for guiding all\\nhumanity in fulfilling its function and working out\\nits destiny. The basic impulse and motive of all\\nmankind, from the dawn of reason to the present day,\\nand which will be the same throughout the life of the\\nhabitable terrestrial sphere, is plainly manifest to the\\nmodern geographer. He looks upon the little earth\\nfrom the plane of the ecliptic, from the twentieth\\ncelestial hour, and perceives the thin column of energy\\nfrom the sun effecting the earth s surface in the daily\\nturn and annual tour in beautiful mathematical rela-\\ntions, concentric with the central ecliptic or direct\\nray. He knows that if an object be interposed between\\nI. oft.", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nthese two spheres, that all things subjective would\\nfade from the face of the earth, and that nothing- save\\nobjective reality would remain. And, too, although\\nthe absolute temperature of the earth s mass will not\\nhave been materially affected, the engagement of\\nenergy with matter, commonly termed life, would\\ncease By removing the object, again would energy\\nengage with the surface of the earth; again would\\norganisms appear and again from fundamental crea-\\ntion would there be evolved its highest derivative\\nman. From these interactions of energy and matter\\nthe modern geographer deduces this cosmic principle:\\nThe function of every organism is to dissipate and\\nmanipulate energy. This principle is the psycholog-\\nical pole star and one more nearly eternal than is\\nPolaris as the earth s pole star in the astronomical\\nrealm. For the former will be true for a thousand\\nbillion eons hence, or more, while the latter in twelve\\nthousand years will have yielded its significance to\\nVega. This cosmic principle is basic for every pos-\\nsible consideration of man on the terrestrial sphere,\\nand as for that matter, for every habitable globe in\\nthe realm of world relations. From this principle\\nthe most trivial activity of man is derived. Hence,\\nthe statement that magnificent simplicity in the most\\nwonderful profusion and variety is a marked charac-\\nteristic in the subjective realm.\\nAs energy becomes engaged with matter, organ-\\nisms termed vegetation appear. As these organisms\\nbecome more and more complex in the process of", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nengaging- energy, some of them differentiate into\\nderivatives of higher forms which dissipate the energy\\nfound in lower forms back to space. Hence, vegeta-\\nble and animal forms differ solely in their mechanical\\nrelations with energy. Organisms engaging energy\\nas a chief function are termed vegetable forms. Organ-\\nisms dissipating energy as a chief function are termed\\nanimal forms. As animals become more adept in\\ndissipating energy, they become more powerful.\\nHence, the highest derivative of terrestrial creation\\nis the most powerful dissipator of energy. That is,\\nit causes the more energy to become dissipated back\\nto space. This highly derived organism, in common\\nparlance, is termed man. Causing energy to become\\ndissipated without having it pass through an organ-\\nism is termed manipulating energy. Consequently it\\nis easy to distinguish between the human^and the\\nbrute. The brute is a dissipator, pure and simple.\\nIt may be stronger than man but it is less powerful.\\nA higher evolution of any species whatever signifies\\nthat it has acquired abilities for a more plentiful and\\neconomical dissipation of energy. That color of the\\nskin of man is most highly prized whose possessors\\nmanipulate the most energy the most economically.\\nIt is this and nothing more. Hence, the greatest\\nthing in this world is energy, and the greatest thing\\nman can do is to manipulate it.\\nSince the relations existing between the factors\\nof reality are expressed by the mathematical form of\\nthought, and since the manipulation of energy is", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\ndependent on the knowledge of the properties and\\nrelations of matter and motion, that people is superior\\nwho is mathematical. The Occident are superior to\\nthe orient, not in religion, morality or humanity pure\\nand simple, but in the fact that their fundamental\\nauthority is the mathematical form of thought. They\\nfollow unconsciously more nearly the requirements of\\nan absolute curriculum. They are adepts in geogra-\\nphy and mathematics. They study world relations,\\ninterpret them with definite units of measurement and\\ncoordinate their deductions from an absolute point of\\nview. Consequently, the function of every school\\ncurriculum is properly to acquaint the mind with the\\nmost general terrestrial world relations and to coordi-\\nnate it with them. This is the especial function of\\nthe study of modern geography. Its sole purpose is\\nto present fundamental world relations and ther sim-\\nple derivatives in such form that they may be con-\\nconceived as an entirety in a system of coordinated\\nprinciples. Its central theme is the most general con-\\nsideration of energy and gravitation in their relations\\nwith matter of the terrestrial sphere and their myriads\\nof derivatives known as terrestrial creation. Hence\\nit is believed that the ground plans of an absolute\\ncurriculum may be outlined as follows", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "15\\na cn\\nI\\nft\\nH\\nM\\na\\nH\\nou z\\n7]\\no 2\\na\\nH\\nDh\\nen\\nO\\na\\nQ\\na z\\na\\nen\\na\\nX-\\nu _ to\\n%n\\nS w\\na \u00c2\u00ab5\\na\\n3\\nS\\nH 2\\n7\\\\ Si\\n3 as\\nQ a\\n2\\nD o\\n(U\\n5fi\\nO J3\\ncn\\na\\nc\\nw\\nri\\no\\n5\\nX\\na\\no\\nX\\n0)\\nQ\\nEh\\ns\\na\\nrt\\no\\nEh\\n-r\\ncn\\nft\\nce\\na\\n5\\no\\ns\\nc\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0+j\\na\\no\\ncn\\nO\\na\\nB v.\\nrt\\na 2\\n13 111\\ns\\nrt S\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0g a\\nb t:\\n5 3 a\\na r s J\\no o 5\\nu u u a\\na a\\ns s\\nH W\\no\\na\\ny\\nz _\\na s\\ncn\\na\\nn\\nc^\\na\\na\\na\\na\\na\\na\\nCD\\nm\\nv\\nP\\na a\\n.3 a\\nO\\nB U\\n38\\nB O\\n5 a\\nw a\\n5 o\\no\\n.O\\n.2 a\\nd\\na\\nN\\nY\\nS\\na\\nl\\na\\nU\\no\\n3\\nfc\\no\\na\\nEh\\no\\nJ\\na\\na\\n-d\\ns\\nJJ\\ncj\\ng\\nrt\\n4)\\na\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00\\na\\n,J\\na\\nHI\\nEh\\nja\\na\\n15\\na\\nEh\\na\\nX\\nEh", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\nSuch is believed to be the simplest form of an ab-\\nsolute curriculum. It presents a rational basis upon\\nwhich all educationists may stand to formulate their\\ncurricula, however diverse may be their aims and far\\napart they may be geographically. The same maybe\\nsaid concerning- the politician, the theolog-ian, the so-\\nciologist and the economist. As it is today, the casual\\nobserver of the larg-er units of the subjective realm\\nwill discern that each of the above subjectivists in\\ngovernments well established, prescribes unto himself\\na curriculum of some form by which his course of\\naction may receive the sanction of his fellows. Since\\nthere is no prescribed form from which each may start\\nin deriving- his particular curriculum, it is obvious\\nthat out of the natural jealousies derivative from the\\nprinciple of self preservation, disagreements arise as\\nto fundamental and derivative considerations. And\\nsince fundamental and derivatives in the subjective\\norder of notions are but relative terms, none of the\\nabove subjectivists will hardly permit it to be consid-\\nered that his curriculum is derivative from the funda-\\nmental doctrines of his compeers, any more than any\\nfing-er of the hand would present inferior claims for\\nimportance. Consequently, it must be positively con-\\nceived by each of them that if harmony be attained\\nand their efforts be coordinated for the benefit of man-\\nkind, their fundamental notions must be immediate\\nderivatives from the factors of that curriculum whose\\ncentral theme is the rightful manipulation of energy.\\nThis is the only basic doctrine which will receive", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "17\\nunanimous sanction. It is this which is universally\\nfundamental to man, and from which all other subjec-\\ntive notions are easily classed as derivatives. For,\\nthe cause that actuates man, that propelling- genius\\nwhich furnishes him with a motive, which compels\\nhim to do, and has and ever will furnish him with\\nthe impulse to progress in the world, is the central\\nfactor of all subjective reality. Man, the highest de-\\nrivative of the objective world, is an index to its po-\\ntency. The cosmic principle, the function of ever} 7\\norganism is to dissipate and manipulate energy, is\\nthe great central factor which one must perceive\\nshould he conceive of a rational and a consistent view\\nof the subjective and the objective world.\\nThe state of any civilization may be rationally\\nconceived when it can be subjected to the absolute\\ncurriculum for comparison. Every possible activity\\nof man may be expressed in rational terms by making\\nthe manipulation of energy the common denominator.\\nAny race of man, however marked in color, in kink of\\nhair, in slant of eyes, or hook and bow of nose, may\\nbe rated in intelligence and state of civilization by its\\ncomparative capacities for the rightful manipulation\\nof energy.\\nShould the radiance of the sun discontinue its\\ncourse toward the earth and the whole surface be\\nwrapt in gloom and the presence of man become\\nunknown thereon, all subjective reality would cease\\non the terrestrial sphere. And afterwards, should\\nDivine favor return to the earth, again would the", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18\\nseasons wax and wane, vegetable and animal forms\\nwould appear and multiply and the human would\\ndifferentiate to fulfill more completely the command\\nof all commands and the law of all laws relating- man\\nto the world energy shall be dissipated from the\\nearth. And when again would man conceive of the\\ncosmic principle and its dictates, and deduce the same\\nabsolute curriculum.\\nThe coming- century thus may have its line of\\nprocedure clearly delineated. The psychological pole\\nstar has been located, the intellectual compass has\\nbeen devised, the prime meridian and base line to\\nman s activities are being established and recorded in\\nthe new Book of Humanity, the surface of the earth\\nis about staked and claimed and it remains for the\\nimmediate future to begin the solution of the most\\ninteresting of all problems relating to the future wel-\\nfare of civilized man. In so far as annals reveal the\\npast, no civilization has attained the art of manipu-\\nlating energy comparable with that now exhibited by\\nthat most progressive and powerful nation of the\\nwestern world. Its genius as revealed in its basic\\ndoctrines of government, its written constitution and\\nits federated autonomies, illumines the political realm\\ntoday with its principles of representative authority\\nand exhibits the nearest approach to a true civiliza-\\ntion yet recorded on the pages of history. It is the\\nprototype of that appearing solidarity, the coming\\nfederation of the world.", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "19\\nIn the differentiation of the human from the\\nbrute, man has been enabled to determine right from\\nwrong- in positive terms. Out of man s efforts in de-\\ntermining what is right in the manipulation of energy,\\nhave arisen those subjective relations known as home,\\nchurch, state, school and vocation.\\nThe home is the most economical instrument of a\\ncivilized society for rearing manipulators of energy.\\nThe church is an indication that manipulators of\\nenergy recognize a common brotherhood of all man-\\nkind and a Creator as a Fatherhood of all.\\nThe state is an instrument inclusive of a division\\nof labor by which the most energy may be manipu-\\nlated by the governed the most economically.\\nThe school is the instrument of organized society\\nfor preparing successful manipulators of energy.\\nThe vocation is the manner in which one may\\nchoose to manipulate energy.\\nHappiness is that state of man when in a position\\nand condition to manipulate energy rightfully and\\neconomically.\\nJustice is that arrangement in the manipulation\\nof energy such that the demands of the sociologist,\\nthe economist, the statesman, the theologian and the\\neducationist are satisfied. Thus it is believed that\\nevery consideration in subjective reality may be ration-\\nally coordinated by taking the absolute curriculum as\\na basis.", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "CHURCH \u00e2\u0080\u00944\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00e2\u0080\u0094X SCHOOL\\nHOME VOCATION\\nLES CINQES MAGNIFIQUES.\\nFrom the diagram, the following- formulae\\nare deduced, illustrating- the different possible forms\\nof society into which mankind will be arrang-ed in\\ntheir advancement from savagery to civilization. The\\nperfect formula is believed to be represented by les\\ncinqs magnifiques. All possible undeveloped and the-\\noretical civilizations may be represented in terms of\\nof the diagram by HCSSc, HCSV, HSScV, VCSSc,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHCV, HSV, HScV, VCS, VCSc,-HC, HS, HSc, HV,\\nVC, VS, VSc, CS, CSc, SSc. A true civilization is\\nrepresented by HCSScV. Plato s republic is repre-\\nsented by VCSSc.\\nThat no form of government at the present time\\nis found to be perfectly represented in the perfected\\nformula is because the function of the vocation with\\nits limits, rights and demands is not definitely deter-", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "21\\nmined. This is the meaning- of all industrial strife of\\nthe world. The church, the home, the state and the\\nschool are reasonably well understood by the normal\\nmind, but the rights and demands of the vocation as\\none of the basic factors of civilization, as yet, have no\\npositive determination. This is the especial and pe-\\nculiar problem which the work of ages has brought to\\nthe twentieth century for solution. And future his-\\ntorians will have well recorded when they say that\\nman was led out of the darkness of industrial strife of\\nthe nineteenth century by acquainting himself with\\nthe doctrines for the rightful manipulation of energy,\\nthe mandates of the cosmic principle. The doctrine\\nof lyddite shells and dumdum bullets for the welfare\\nof mankind will then have done.\\nIf previous considerations be true, the mind of\\nman may form conceptions from an absolute basis con-\\ncerning its world relations, and the meaning of pro-\\ngress of civilization, and be furnished with a scheme\\nfor their positive and harmonious adjustment by means\\nof the absolute curriculum. And it is believed that\\nthe time will come when every subjectivist will\\ndirect his course of action by its precepts, and be in-\\nspirited by its highest principle, the basis of a true\\nphilosophy, the spirit of a true religion, THE\\nRIGHTFUL MANIPULATION OF ENERGY.", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "OCT 12 1900", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0MSP*KBI\\n$111\\nEtfg\\nHBiir.\\nHP", "height": "3279", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2364", "jp2-path": "absolutecurricul00bows_0028.jp2"}}