Without Virtue There Can Be

'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.

Let Our Pupil Be Taught That He Does Not Belong To Himself, But That He Is Public Property ... He Must Be Taught To Amass Wealth, But It Must Be Only To Increase His Power Of Contributing To The Wants And Demands Of The State... [education] Can Be Done Effectually Only By The Interference And Aid Of The Legislature.

A Simple Democracy Is The Devil's Own Government.

The Business Of Education Has Lay[ed] The Foundations For Nurseries Of Wise And Good Men, To Adapt Our Modes Of Teaching To The Peculiar Form Of Our Government . . . . He Must Be Taught To Love His Fellow Creatures In Every Part Of The World, But He Must Cherish With A More Intense And Peculiar Affection The Citizens Of Pennsylvania And Of The United States.

The Bible, When Not Read In Schools, Is Seldom Read In Any Subsequent Period Of Life...the Bible...should Be Read In Our Schools In Preference To All Other Books Because It Contains The Greatest Portion Of That Kind Of Knowledge Which Is Calculated To Produce Private And Public Happiness.