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At All Times Sincere Friends Of Freedom Have Been Rare, And Its Triumphs Have Been Due To Minorities, That Have Prevailed By Associating Themselves With Auxiliaries Whose Objects Often Differed From Their Own; And This Association, Which Is Always Dangerous, Has Sometimes Been Disastrous.

The History Of Institutions Is Often A History Of Deception And Illusions; For Their Virtue Depends On The Ideas That Produce And On The Spirit That Preserves Them, And The Form May Remain Unaltered When The Substance Has Passed Away.

For Centuries It Was Never Discovered That Education Was A Function Of The State, And The State Never Attempted To Educate. But When Modern Absolutism Arose, It Laid Claim To Everything On Behalf Of The Sovereign Power....when The Revolutionary Theory Of Government Began To Prevail, And Church And State Found That They Were Educating For Opposite Ends And In A Contradictory Spirit, It Became Necessary To Remove Children Entirely From The Influence Of Religion.

If The Past Has Been An Obstacle And A Burden, Knowledge Of The Past Is The Safest And The Surest Emancipation.

A History That Should Pursue All The Subtle Threads From End To End Might Be Eminently Valuable, But Not As A Tribute To Peace And Conciliation.