“There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue and knowledge through every part of the state by means of proper places and modes of education and this can be done effectively only by the aid of the legislature.”
Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
“This is My Country,” Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions (listen)
“Back in the USA,” Chuck Berry (listen)
Thomas J. Mertz
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