Are We a Moral Society?

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Are We a Moral Society?

By Reed Downey, Jr.

In 1647, the Massachusetts legislature passed a law requiring every community of 50 families or households to establish a free public grammar school to teach the fundamentals of reading, writing, ciphering, history, geography, and Bible study. In addition, every township containing 100 or more was required to establish a secondary school for advanced studies to prepare boys for Harvard. John Adams stated the whole program was designed to have “knowledge diffused generally throughout the whole...

Are We a Moral Society?


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