'Can the “Education for Life” system, developed in a little community near the western edge of the North American continent, prove useful to schools in the crowded mainstream of modern life?' '...How can the children raised there ever expect to relate realistically, once they grow up, to this Twentieth Century world?' '...How does a child who has been raised in an atmosphere of love and harmony handle himself when confronted suddenly with anger and disharmony? Will he not find himself at a serious disadvantage, compared with people to whom selfishness and negativity are simple facts of life?'