...original, might be clouded by the fa He glof" fes of faint-feeming deceivers ; and that learning might not " be buried in the graves of our fore-fathers, in church and colo" ny, the Lord affiiUng our endeavours. It is therefore ordered " by this court, and the authority...

...have been 2,2 1 7 . ' History of the United States,' vol. ic 10. 1853. Education in America. 469 ' that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, ' it was ordered that every township, after the Lord had in' creased them to the number of fifty householders,...

...the original might be clouded and corrupted with false glosses of deceivers ; to the end therefore that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and Commonwealth ; it is enacted," &c. And we do not feel it any reproach to ourselves, or to our discerning forefathers,...

...the colony of Massachusetts Bay, and by a law then passed, ' to the end' as its preamble sets forth ' that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers' it is ordered that every township with fifty families shall provide a school, where children may be...

...denote the elementary or lowest class of schools, which are supported by the districts of each town. latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues,...in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours : — " Sec. I. It is therefore ordered by this Court and the authority thereof; that every...

...The obligation to support Schools, was enforced to the end, as is expressed in an ancient statute, *' that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers." A system of education, in substance, the same as now exists, was early adopted, and a higher literary...

...pious reason: ' It being one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the scripture, as in former times keeping them in unknown tongues,...in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors: — 'Sec. i. It is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof; that every...

...of i '\ -ii i in population and wealth, They built up schools, to use the language of the times, " to the end that learning may not be buried in the...graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth." And look for a moment at their situation ; in a wilderness, to be subdued by the hard hand of toil...

...to instruct youth and fit them for the University, ' to the end,' say they, in this memorable law, ' to the end, that learning may not be buried in the...graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth.' And this was done by them, when they had just made 9 66 their first lodgment in the wilderness ; when...

...the true sense of the original, might be clouded by false glosses of saint seeming deceivers ; and that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and Commonwealth."! In the system of New Haven colonial laws, published in 1656, it is ordered, " that the deputy for the...