THE CURSE OF IGNORANCE - VOL. 1" by Arthur Findlay / 1947 / 1166 pages. *****

From the time Arthur Findlay commenced to write the first chapter of this book to the passing of the last page of the Second Volume, seven years elapsed, during which time he devoted six hours a day, every day of the week, to its production. No trouble was spared to make this history accurate, interesting and perfect in every possible way. It was indeed a labour of love, and the time and cost involved was for one reason only: to help to advance knowledge, to increase wisdom and to improve conduct everywhere throughout the world. The troubles which have beset mankind, in the past and present, have mostly come from ignorance of how best to live so as to create the prosperity and happiness all desire. The past follies and achievements of the race will be found recorded in the pages of this book, and if these are remembered, they will act as a guide and signpost to present and future generations showing the right way to think and live. Therein lies the value of history as recorded from this wider angle of thought, and, if everyone, everywhere, would learn the lesson these pages have to teach, war, suffering, poverty and human misery would cease. This volume starts from the time of primitive man to the Reformation. Covering the oldest civilizations, Hebrew, Greek, Roman, Moslem, Chinese and Christian.