Why Then, If These New Books For

Why Then, If These New Books For Children Must Be Retained, As They Will Be, Should Not The Bible Regain The Place It Once Held As A School Book ?

[o]ur Sages In The Great [constitutional] Convention... Intended Our Government Should Be A Republic Which Differs More Widely From A Democracy Than A Democracy From A Despotism. The Rigours Of A Despotism Often... Oppress Only A Few, But It Is The Very Essence And Nature Of A Democracy, For A Faction Claiming To Oppress A Minority, And That Minority The Chief Owners Of The Property And Truest Lovers Of Their Country.

We Have A Dangerous Trend Beginning To Take Place In Our Education. We're Starting To Put More And More Textbooks Into Our Schools. We've Become Accustomed Of Late Of Putting Little Books Into The Hands Of Children, Containing Fables And Moral Lessons. We're Spending Less Time In The Classroom On The Bible, Which Should Be The Principal Text In Our Schools. The Bible States These Great Moral Lessons Better Than Any Other Man-made Book.

I Am Commonly Opposed To Those Who Modestly Assume The Rank Of Champions Of Liberty, And Make A Very Patriotic Noise About The People. It Is The Stale Artifice Which Has Duped The World A Thousand Times, And Yet, Though Detected, It Is Still Successful. I Love Liberty As Well As Anybody. I Am Proud Of It, As The True Title Of Our People To Distinction Above Others; But . . . I Would Guard It By Making The Laws Strong Enough To Protect It.

I Am Commonly Opposed To Those Who Modestly Assume The Rank Of Champions Of Liberty, And Make A Very Patriotic Noise About The People. It Is The Stale Artifice Which Has Duped The World A Thousand Times, And Yet, Though Detected, It Is Still Successful. I Love Liberty As Well As Anybody. I Am Proud Of It, As The True Title Of Our People To Distinction Above Others; But . . . I Would Guard It By Making The Laws Strong Enough To Protect It.