...to instruct youth and fit them for the University, ' to the end,' say they, in this memorable law, ' to the end, that learning may not be buried in the...graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth.' And this was done by them, when they had just made 9 66 their first lodgment in the wilderness ; when...

...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."! In the system of New Haven colonial laws, published in 1656, it is ordered, " that the deputy for the...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...the way in that glorious system, to the end, as is beautifully expressed in the preamble of the law, that learning may not be buried in the graves of our...in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours. The ecclesiastical history of Scituate is a valuable portion of the work, and not more...

...education. As early as 1647, the General Court, " to the end," as the preamble of the act declares,4 " that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth," provided, under a penalty, that every township of fifty householders " shall appoint a public school...

...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...

...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...

...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...