And for what purposes? His own.
Purposes were a good deal more nefarious than any personal interest in education. Systemically nefarious.
Around the same time, big Pharma was launched. Aligned with the demise of homeopathic medicine.
Around the same time, moves afoot to privatize the printing of currency via the FED.
Around the same time, the initial fulfillment of Albert Pike’s prophetic statements on war.