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Excerpt from A Tentative Report to the Virginia Education Commission on a Mill Tax for the Educational System of the State
Legislation, both in Europe and in this country, has in a practical way completely refuted this doctrine. In the evolution of the democratic idea of government, education early found a place. A larger View of the functions of government than that of mere police protection to which Spencer's doctrine would limit it, has been expressed in child labor laws which take away from the parent the right to enslave his children, rigid health measures and various other enactments of similar character, designed not so much for the individual, but for the protection of society and the welfare of the state. The civilized world today has, in the matter of public educa tion, rather followed the dictum of Macaulay that, Whoever has the right to hang, has the right to educate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
