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i & idifect them * and u moral stamina id riithstaMd its numerous # k ^ p ^* - ~ -l he colleges , in jcmrtfiiaiGpi , should be
gratuitousl y ojj & ned fot all those who dHoc > y to cultivate the highest Iftaftelief of knowledge . We think ail intimate acquaintance with all known facts would fee a
great addition to antiquated lore , aiid greatly superior to the mystical absurdities at present cultivated , more from vanity than for Utility ; That the acquisition of the living languages should be preferred to the dead , not that
we advocate the neglect of the other , but in order to promote a itibtQ intimate acquaintance with the inhabitants and literature of other countries , and thus help to bre & k down those natwna ' l preiudices which the tyrants of the
world are too prone to take the adv & fitage of , in fomenting the eVilg of war and all its terrific consequences . We think further , that the education of these colleges should comprise a knowledge of all the higher branches of the mathematics , chemistry ,
geology , mineralogy , agriculture , botany > architecture ( civil and naval ) , natural philosophy , the science of government , political ecdnoitiy , aild every other science fitted to the capacity of the studentsi In furtherance also of the ; great object of education , we thmk those schools should be
opm every evening , to enable all we adult population who choose , to , avail themselves of the benefits of Mutual Instruction Societies , stri d ing , lectures , or any other rtifiiontil pursuits or amusements , tmassociuted with the means of intoxication and vice , that they wish to indulge in * Such we
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conceive to be ther outliiifc of . ' ft system of edueatiofr necessary ib be established for extirpating the ignorance and immorality that prevail , and for training Up out people to be politically free , morally honest , and intellectually great . On the subject of corporal punishments it may be necessary for us to express our opinion . We think them highly mischievous at all times , and in
every form ; they call forth ttnd strengthen the most revengeful pro pensities in some , and cowe the timid minds of others into slavish subjection . Keason may direct the intellect to see impropriety of conduct , and kindness subdue
the feelings of anger , but harsh blows and injudicious privations only strengthen a harsh disposition . Taking also into account the numerous religious sects and political parties that exist , to many of whom we are highly indebted for our present mentdl and
moral improvement , we think no particular forms of religion should be taught in th & schooUi We conceive that no particular doctrine can be safely determined on without just cause of complaint to some , who might ,
notwithstanding , insist upon and urge its great importance when otherwise taught . No particular creed or form of religion cafi be justly adopted ; those who would impose them in the public schools upon the children qf parents of
all denominations , have profited little , we think , from the advwe of Him who associated with pub * Means and sinners , who said he was ' no respecter of persons - — who cautioned his disbipUs to ' love one anotheh / arid to < do unto all men a * they would
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/18/
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