The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.
Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.