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\u201cThe old aristocratic system had a leaning towards charity as the ecclesiastical system has; and the view of education as a charity has always been one of the greatest weaknesses of both systems. Education pays the State. The more persons educated, the better education pays the State.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Walter Hines Page<\/strong>, American editor, author & diplomat<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Forgotten Man\u201d (June 1897) Address at the\u00a0State Normal & Industrial School for Women, Greensboro, North Carolina; text in The Rebuilding of Old <\/em>Commonwealths<\/em>, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., April 1902, p. 42; online via New York Public Library & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5dbf7-ca42″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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\u201cThe old aristocratic system had a leaning towards charity as the ecclesiastical system has; and the view of education as a charity has always been one of the greatest weaknesses of both systems. Education pays the State. The more persons educated, the better education pays the State.<\/span> But to dole it out to a restricted number is to regard it as charity and to turn the State into an alms-giver.\u201d (p. 42)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5dbf7-ca42″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The Rebuilding of Old Commonwealths<\/em> (April 1902) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=RcETAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42&dq=The+old+aristocratic+system+had+a+leaning+toward+charity+as+the+ecclesiastical+system <\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5dbf7-ca42″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTo talk about education in a democratic country as meaning anything else than free public education for every child is a mockery. To call anything else education at all is to go back toward the Middle Ages, when it was regarded as a privilege of gentleman or as a duty of the church, and not as a necessity for the people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Walter Hines Page<\/strong>, American editor, author & diplomat<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Forgotten Man\u201d (June 1897) Address at the\u00a0State Normal & Industrial School for Women, Greensboro, North Carolina; text in The Rebuilding of Old <\/em>Commonwealths<\/em>, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., April 1902, pp. 87-88; online via New York Public Library & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5dbf7-ca42″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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\u201cNow no wise man has anything to say against church schools or private schools in their right places; for both have their uses. But the history of civilization has proved over and over again that no church and no private means can ever overcome the social and financial and political and religious differences of people and build a training place for all. Nothing has ever done this and nothing can ever do it but a pubic institution that is maintained by taxation and that belongs to all the people alike.<\/p>\n

And now we come to the very heart of the matter. To talk about education in a democratic country as meaning anything else than free public education for every child is a mockery. To call anything else education at all is to go back toward the Middle Ages, when it was regarded as a privilege of gentleman or as a duty of the church, and not as a necessity for the people.<\/span>\u201d (pp. 87-88)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5dbf7-ca42″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: The Rebuilding of Old Commonwealths<\/em> (April 1902) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=RcETAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87&dq=To+call+anything+else+education+at+all+is+to+go+back+toward+the+Middle+Ages\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Walter Hines Page <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to find out more –<\/p>\n