...authority. They, therefore, included the following provision in the constitution of the Commonwealth : "It shall be the duty of Legislatures and Magistrates,...in all future periods of this Commonwealth * * * to countenance and inculcate sincerity, good humour, and all social affections, and generous sentiments...

...rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country and among the...different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of...

...rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country and among the...different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of...

...rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of people it shall be the duty of the legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth,...

...rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the...cherish the interests of literature and the sciences . . ." It goes on. Mr. YATES. There is a very famous statement by John Adams which is on the flyleaf...

...preservation of their rights and liberties ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates ... to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private...

...churches and of Harvard College. It was the responsibility of government, the constitution avowed, "to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; . . . [and] public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public...

...famous provision of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 proclaiming it "the duty of legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests ofliterature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them.'"4 6 Nor is it to discount his expectation...

...rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country and among the...Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns. . . .8 The Massachusetts Constitution went on to provide that it was the duty of the legislature ......

...among the body of the people . . . and . . . spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people. . . ." John Adams could attend only the convention's first session; just after he finished his draft...