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The article “Woman” in the 11th edition had an historical introduction which, though by no means :feminist, gave a considerable knowledge of these facts. has entirely disappeared from the 14th edition instead of being strengthened from the large new literature that has appeared since 1914. Exigencies of space, yes. We know it. But as in the case of dozens of others articles the clergy wanted these historica sketches buried. facts about the position of the workers in the Greek-Roman world in imperial days and then in the Christian world from the 5th century to the 19th.
For that. The second is, that the Japanese religion, Shinto and Bud dhsm alike, were similarly, in fact openly, working with the blood-drunk Japanese ISUIeFs. This was emphasized at a Worid Congress of Religions in Chicago several. years before the war broke out. Thirdly, the Rote&ant churches in America enfeebled -the warning agalnst Japan, in the in&& of their missions, the Lutheran Church in Germany bowed servilely to the Nazis except when Hitler interfered with Its doctrines, and the British churches were equally guilty in the pre-war p&&, This attitude Of the organized religions was of vital use to the aggress&.
The 14th edition not only does not tell them but suppresses them if earlier editlons told them, and even allows untruths to be inserted. skeptical but I give my word for it-on the very day on which I write this page I get a letter from an American correspondent who treasures his Encyclopedia Britannica and avails himseIf of a recent of,fer of the publishers to send free replies to any questions it may inspire. I gather that he gets these replies from the University of Chicago. It is always a graceless and painful thing to distrust any man’s faith in academic human nature but when my friend reads this little book I wonder if he will retain his confidence in all its robustness.