Education Is An Organic Necessity Of A

Schoolhouses Are The Republican Line Of Fortifications.

Much That We Call Evil Is Really Good In Disguises; And We Should Not Quarrel Rashly With Adversities Not Yet Understood, Nor Overlook The Mercies Often Bound Up In Them.

Education Alone Can Conduct Us To That Enjoyment Which Is, At Once, Best In Quality And Infinite In Quantity.

Manners Are The Root, Laws Only The Trunk And Branches. Manners Are The Archetypes Of Laws. Manners Are Laws In Their Infancy; Laws Are Manners Fully Grown,--or, Manners Are Children, Which, When They Grow Up, Become Laws.

Finally, In Regard To Those Who Possess The Largest Shares In The Stock Of Worldly Goods, Could There, In Your Opinion, Be Any Police So Vigilant And Effetive, For The Protections Of All The Rights Of Person, Property And Character, As Such A Sound And Comprehensive Education And Training, As Our System Of Common Schools Could Be Made To Impart; And Would Not The Payment Of A Sufficient Tax To Make Such Education And Training Universal, Be The Cheapest Means Of Self-protection And Insurance?