 | Rhode Island Historical Society - 1872 - 512 pages
...declares, that the diffusion of knowledge as well as of virtue among the people, being essential to the preservation of their rights and liberties, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to promote public schools, and to adopt all meaus which they may deem necessary... | |
 | 1873 - 862 pages
...Massachusetts Bay. SECTION II.— THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE. Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being...for the preservation of their rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1873 - 1158 pages
...rt. xviii. SECTION II. The Encouragement of Literature, &c. Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their "S^8 an(l liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1873 - 886 pages
...various parts of the country, and among the different orders of tbe people, it shall be tbe duty of the legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences and all seminaries of them, especially the university at Cambridge,... | |
 | 1874 - 736 pages
...constitution of Massachusetts adopted in 1780 has this provision: "Wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue diffused generally among the body of the people, being...for the preservation of their rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts... | |
 | 1875 - 797 pages
...by John Adams, and adopted by the convention unanimously. Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being...for the preservation of their rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in various parts of... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1961 - 726 pages
...authority. They, therefore, included the following provision in the constitution of the Commonwealth : "It shall be the duty of Legislatures and Magistrates,...in all future periods of this Commonwealth * * * to countenance and inculcate sincerity, good humour, and all social affections, and generous sentiments... | |
 | 1841 - 682 pages
...education. In the language of the constitution, they say: " Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being...for the preservation of their rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1941 - 580 pages
...poor.—Works, VI, p. 168. Charles Francis Adams ed. Boston, 1851. Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being...for the preservation of their rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1972 - 548 pages
...is provided : The diffusion of knowledge, as well as of virtue, among the people being essential to the preservation of their rights and liberties, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to promote public schools. I am concerned that it is not possible to teach without... | |
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Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various... 
