 A system of general instruction which shall reach every description of our citizens from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.  Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia - Page 80by Herbert Baxter Adams - 1888 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1853 - 588 pages
...happiness of the human race, and this may proceed to an indefinite, although not to an infinite degree. — A system of general instruction, which shall reach...richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so it shall be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Education - 1904 - 446 pages
...own welfare depends on their work. This is the view which Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he wrote "A system of general instruction which shall reach...citizens from the richest to the poorest, as it was my earliest, so shall it be the latest of all public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Carrington Cabell - 1856 - 568 pages
...State go beyond the fifth. "A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was...latest of all the public concerns in which I shall per33 rait myself to take an interest. Nor am I tenacious of the form in which it shall be introduced.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Carrington Cabell - 1856 - 576 pages
...State go beyond the fifth. "A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was...latest of all the public concerns in which I shall peri'ii! myself to take an interest. Nor am I tenacious of the form in which it shall be introduced.... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1864 - 974 pages
...mind, which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty." " A system of general instruction, which shall reach...richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest so shall it be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest."... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1865 - 922 pages
...happiness of the human race, and this may proceed to an indefinite, although not an infinite degree. void of all scurrility, and biting words to any man...oftentimes harder to be cured, than that which is given wit it shall be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself te take an interest... | |
 | 1865 - 1150 pages
...happiness of the human race, and this may proceed to an indefinite, although not an infinite degree. A system of general instruction, which shall reach...richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so it shall be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest... | |
 | United States. Department of Education (1867-1868) - 1868 - 990 pages
...happiness of the human race, and this may proceed to an indefinite, although not an infinite degree. A system of general instruction, which shall reach...richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so it shall be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1868 - 930 pages
...happiness of the human race, and this may proceed to an indefinite, although not an infinite degree. A system of general instruction, which shall reach...richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so it shall be the latest of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.... | |
 | Virginia. Department of Education - 1871 - 226 pages
...public opinion be enlightened." Jefferson said: " A system of general instruction, which shall teach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so it shall be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest."... | |
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