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In this paper, which has been written, it is believed, in a scientific and a patriotic spirit, the thoughtful attention of men and women interested in the development of a higher civilization in Texas, is invited to a discussion of the present actual educational conditions in our commonwealth. The fathers of Texas, in addition to their heroism, possessed rare political insight, for they regarded popular education as the surest defense of democratic government. It has been often repeated, and with an intelligence not to be scorned, that the Texas Declaration of Independence is, in the history of the world, the only instrument of its kind that assigns as a just cause for revolution the failure of themother-country to provide for public education at public expense. How strong was the faith of early Texans in the doctrine of public schools is shown in this sentence taken from the Declaration, to which refer ence has just now been made. 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.
