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EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY 
between two antagonistic forces. It can be achieved only 
by the combined effort of an entire community, and that 
effort must be concentrated upon education. Just as the 
neglect of education has made the present situation pos 
sible, so the development and increase of education must 
make it impossible. Industrial stability and a healthy 
state of employment can be achieved only when labor 
parties, industries, educational institutions, and in fact, 
the entire national community, cooperate. And this co 
operation must concentrate on educating the youth of 
the land for work which commands their interest and their 
ingenuity. 
The objections which will be immediately voiced to 
such a proposal are: first, that it will result in a super 
abundance of educated and expert workers, and will 
thereby deprive society of the ignorant and uncouth 
workers who will always be required to do the dirty work; 
secondly, it will tend to retard the development of the 
many labor-saving mechanical devices which have to so 
large an extent brought about the minute division of 
labor. In answer to the first of these contentions, it may 
be said that never, in the history of civilization, has there 
been, so far as we know, a superfluity of educated men 
or trained artisans. Never was the need for trained ex 
perts and skilled workers more painfully felt than during 
the course of the war. Moreover, it is safe to prophesy 
that no possible program of education can ever raise all 
men to exactly the same level of ability and knowledge. 
There will always be the two extremes of highly educated 
and poorly educated workers, and the large middle class 
of workers with only a fair education. This, however, 
does not mean that there must always be men and women 
to do the dirty work as it is being done now. The reason