 | 1853 - 636 strani
...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,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 586 strani
...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... | |
 | John Farmer - 1824 - 492 strani
...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... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 546 strani
...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.''t In the system of New Haven colonial laws, published in 1656, it is ordered, " that... | |
 | 1829 - 742 strani
...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 the church and Commonwealth pp. 150, 151. To the early institutions of the Pilgrims for the promotion... | |
 | William Russell - 1828 - 910 strani
...many of the colonial statutes are without date,) we find the following interesting provisions: — ' To the end that learning, may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in Church aud Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours : It is therefore ordered by this Court and authority... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1834 - 530 strani
...and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue." CHAP. " To the end that learning may not be buried in the .~~ graves of our forefathers," it was ordered, " that 1647. everv township, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1834 - 532 strani
...apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue." VOL. 1. 63 CHAP. " To the end that learning may not be buried in the -~~ graves of our forefathers," it was ordered, " that 1647. every township, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty... | |
 | 1837 - 684 strani
...England. And they made large and effectual provision for the universal instruction of the young. " To the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers" — such was their own simple and touching language — it was ordered, " that every township, after... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1836 - 206 strani
...school, to instruct youth and fit them for the University, to the end, they say, in this memorable law, that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and state.* Only eight years after the arrival of our fathers in Massachusetts, four hundred pounds sterlingf... | |
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To the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers," it was ordered in all the Puritan colonies " that every township, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall appoint one to teach all children... 
