essential constitution of our nature; and next, by a plain statement, in
a series of particulars, of what they nevertheless judge it rational to
expect from a general extension of good education.--Answer to the
question, whether it be presumed that any merely human discipline can
reduce its subjects under the predominance of religion.--Answer to the
inquiry, what is the extent of the knowledge of which it is desired to
put the common people in possession.--Observations on supposed degrees
of possible advancement of the knowledge and welfare of the community;
with reflections of astonishment and regret at the actual state of
ignorance, degradation, and wretchedness, after so many thousand years
have passed away.--Congratulatory notice of those worthy individuals who
have been rescued from the consequences of a neglected education by
their own resolute mental exertions.





Essay on Popular Ignorance.




"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."

_Hosea_.