The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 5, November 1837

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 5, November 1837

'NURSERIES OF AMERICAN FREEMEN.' SADNESS. YOUNG LOVE. WILSON CONWORTH. LINES SONNET: TO MRS. RANDOM PASSAGES THE SONGS OF OUR FATHERS. THE DEAD HUSBAND. THE DYING BOY. A FEW THOUGHTS ON PHRENOLOGY. A PRACTITIONER, HIS PILGRIMAGE OUR VILLAGE POST-OFFICE. SONNETS: BY 'QUINCE.' ANACREONTIC. OLLAPODIANA. LAMENT LITERARY NOTICES. EDITORS' TABLE General Education is the attribute and glory of republican America. It constitutes one of the strongest pledges of the success of that interesting experiment in politics, which has astonished and enlightened the nations of the eastern continent, and which promises, in future times, to be the grand means of extending the blessings of freedom to the civilized world. Education, in some of the most enlightened European countries, is like the sun rising in majesty, and gilding with surpassing brightness a few mountain tops. Education in the United States is like the sun pouring his cheering radiance over every hill, and into every valley. The peculiar importance of universal and well-conducted education, in a republican government, must be evident from the slightest consideration. Every American citizen is a juror, before whom each officer of the government is on trial, in regard to his capacity and fidelity. The public prints are the pleaders, oftentimes very artful, and sometimes not altogether honest; and these jurors need to be well furnished with an enlightened understanding, that they may not be imposed upon by misrepresentation and sophistry. Universal suffrage can never be safely trusted but in the hands of an intelligent and virtuous population. And it is questionable whether another country can now be found, beside the United States, where education is sufficiently general, and conducted upon such principles, as to form a sufficient basis on which to rest the structure of a republican government. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45429
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Release Date: Apr 18, 2014
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