Letters on National Subjects, Auxiliary to Universal Education, and Scientific Knowledge

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Excerpt from Letters on National Subjects, Auxiliary to Universal Education, and Scientific Knowledge: Addressed to Burwell Bassett, Late a Member of the House of Representatives, Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, And James Monroe, President of the United States of America IN addressing thee, and the friends of education in their legislative capacity, \ I have two objects to which I wish to claim attention, and both are well known to accord with thy patriotic solicitude -1 st. Measures essential to the extension of the Lancasterian system of education, in its most perfect shape - and secondly, Measures by which the citizens of the United States may increase their intellectual rank as a nation. Beyond all precedent in the history of the world. L Measure! By which a national excellence may be attained in relation to subjects truely scientific and dignifying, not only as productive of great local advantage, but as setting an example benefiall to future ages and opening to other countries the path of know ledgem-thc march of mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.