 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1919 - 436 halaman
..."in a peaceable manner." The humor of this omission would be refreshing, if it were not so serious. "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it," said Madison, "is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern... | |
 | Ellwood Patterson Cubberley - 1920 - 916 halaman
...American statesmen expressed similar views as to the importance of general education by the State. John •Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States;...motive for education still more forcibly when he wrote: 1 For the original Bill of 1779 in full, in the original spelling, see the Biennial Report of I he... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren - 1921 - 446 halaman
...held a broad conception of education, expressed frequently in his correspondence, but not at length. "A popular government, without popular information...prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." Though probably the most widely informed man of his time, he did little more for education than occasionally... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren - 1921 - 448 halaman
...held a broad conception of education, expressed frequently in his correspondence, but not at length. "A popular government, without popular information...but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps Jefferson 397 both." Though probably the most widely informed man of his time, he did little more for... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1922 - 1162 halaman
...James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, wrote: ''a popular government without proper information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy." So the religious and formative epochs were passed and about 1820 the United States felt the urge of... | |
 | General Education Board (New York, N.Y.) - 1922 - 286 halaman
...information, or the means of acquiring it, is but the prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or probably both. A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives." How well has Kentucky armed itself "with the power that knowledge gives? " Dr.... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States. Meeting - 1922 - 1550 halaman
...people impressed, perhaps unconsciously, with the ideal which was voiced years ago by James Madison, "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but the prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or probably both. A people who mean to be their own governors... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1922 - 1534 halaman
...people impressed, perhaps unconsciously, with the ideal which was voiced years ago by James Madison, "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but the prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or probably both. A people who mean to be their own governors... | |
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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with... 
