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NTA ESeLAND VILLAGE SCHOOL is very
beautifully described by s. S. Prentiss-who was
onoe monarch of school himsclf-in his late
.adrea. delivered before the New-England Society
of New Orleans;


"Bebod yonder simple building near the crossing
of the village roads, II s small and OF rude con-
struction but it stands in pleasant and quiet spot


A magnificent old elm spreads its broad arms
above and TO lean toward il, as strong man
bends to shelter and prctec, child. A brook runs
fhroueh the meadow near, and hard by there is an
orcbard-but the trees have suffered much and
bear no fruit, except upon the most remote and IN
accessible branches. From within its walls comes
busy hun such as you may hear in a disturbed
beehive Now peep through yonder window, and
you will see hundred children, with rosy cheeks
mischievous eyes and demure faces, all engaged or
pretending be SO, in their little lessons. 1t Is the
public scbool-the free, the common school-Pro
vided by law open to all claimed from the com
munity as a right, hot accepted as bounty. Here
the children Of the rich and poor, high and low.
NEE. upon perfect equality, and commence under
the same auspices the race OF llie Here the sus
tenance of the mind is served up to all alike as the
Spartans served their food upon the public table
Here Young ambition climbs his little ladder. and
boyish genius plumes his half iedgcd wing From
among those laughing children will go forth the men
who are to control the destinies of their age and
country the Statesmen whose wisdom ls TO GUIDE
the Senate-the poet who will take captive the
hearts of the people and bind them together with
immortal song-the philosopher, who boldly scizing
upon the elements themselves will compel them to
his wishes and through new combinations of their
primal laws, by some grea, discovery revolutionize
both art and science.


That common village school is ew-England's
fairest boast-the brightest jewel that adorns her
brow. The principle that society is bound to pro-
vide for its members education, well protec
ZION, 30 that none need be ignorant except from
choice. is the most important that belongs 10 modern
philosophy. 1t is essential TO republican govern
ment Universal education is not only the best and
surest but the only sure foundation for free institu
lions True liberty is the child of knowledge; she
pines away and dies in the arms of ignorance.


Honor then, to the early fathers of New England,
from whom came the spirit which has built school
house by every sparkling fountain and bids all come
as freely TO The one as TO the other


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