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Let The Children...be Carefully Instructed In The Principles And Obligations Of The Christian Religion. This Is The Most Essential Part Of Education.

Controversy Is Only Dreaded By The Advocates Of Error.

Such Is My Veneration For Every Religion That Reveals The Attributes Of The Deity, Or A Future State Of Rewards And Punishments, That I Had Rather See The Opinions Of Confucius Or Mahomed Inculcated Upon Our Youth Than See Them Grow Up Wholly Devoid Of A System Of Religious Principles.

There Is But One Method Of Rendering A Republican Form Of Government Durable, And That Is By Disseminating The Seeds Of Virtue And Knowledge Through Every Part Of The State By Means Of Proper Places And Modes Of Education And This Can Be Done Effectively Only By The Aid Of The Legislature.

[w]here There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty; And Nothing Deserves The Name Of Law But That Which Is Certain And Universal In Its Operation Upon All The Members Of The Community.