Excerpt from A Lecture Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, Vol. 3: At Montpelier, Vt;, Aug; 16, 1849 on the Duties of Legislatures in Relation to Public Schools in the United States To ask if legislatures have the right to enact laws, required in the nineteenth century, is like asking if a parent has a right to do the best thing he can for his children. The only question is, how far should the legislative right be exercised? 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.