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164 EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.
main blind to it. There are still living a few remnants
of the old Federalists, who desire to see the
people happy and contented as labourers, but who
are as averse to their thorough education as an English
Tory would be in similar circumstances. These
worthy men forget that their dreams of popular felicity
combined with ignorance can never be realised
in this country, for the people have obtained power,
and they love to wield it. The education provided
for them, therefore, in their common schools,
should be the most instructive and practical that human
wisdom can devise; for here the masses need
every possible light to enable them to discern their
true interests in the management of the State.
Their governors and legislators are their deputies,
and must obey them. Men of great minds may no
doubt lead the masses, although ignorant, to good;
but in proportion to that ignorance is the risk that
bad men of powerful talents will lead them to evil.
It is gratifying, however, to perceive that a large
number of enlightened individuals are deeply imbued
with these convictions, and are labouring to
render them general. Still they have a mighty task
to accomplish, before they prevail in reducing them
to practice. It is an unpalatable statement to thousands
in Boston, that their common schools are far
below what their institutions require, and that in
many parts of the country the condition of these seminaries
is still mte defective; but the truth, however
disagreeable, must be proclaimed.
Nov. 2. Thermometer 34 . Phrenology.--I gave
another lesson to my class in practical Phrenology;
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/204/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.