Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-11-04
Victor Hu.O's Estimate of Rom
iSh Education.

All, We know you. We know the
clerical party. 1t is an old party.
This is which has found for the
truth tlose marvellous supporters.
ignorance and error. This it is
wAieA fefettis- e-sciencc and genius
the going beyond the missaI and
wished to Glitter thought in dogma
Every step which the intelligence
of Europe has taken, has been in
spite of it, Its history is written in
the, history of human progress, but
it is written upon the back of the
leaf. 1t is opposed to it all This
it Is which caused Painelli to be
scourged for having said that the
stars would not fall. This it is
which put Camponella seven times
to torture for having affirmed that
the number of worlds was Infinite
and having caught glimpse at the
secret of creation This it is which
prosecuted Harvey for having pro
we'd the circulation of the blood. In
the name of Jesus it shut up Calico
In the name of st. Paul. it impris
oned Christopher Columbus. To
discover a law of the heavens was
&n impiety. To find a world was
heresy. This it is which auathe,na-
tized Pascal in the name of religion.
Montaigne in the name of both mo
rality and religion. For long time
already the human conscience has
fevolied against YOU, and demands
OF you, ''N hat is it that you wish of
me-" For long time already Won
have tried 10 put a gag upon the hu-
man intellect. You wish to be the
masters of education. And there is
not poet, not an author, not phi
iosopher, not thinker that YOU ac-
cept. All that has been written
found, dreamed. deduced, inspired.
imagined, invented by genius, the
treasure of civilization, the yepera-
ble inheritance of generations. the
common patrimony of KNOWLEDGE
you reject. There is a book-which
is from one end to the other, an en-
anation from above-a book which
Is Tor the whole world what the Ko-
ran is lor Islan ism-what the Vedas
are for Iudia, a book which con
talns all hdinan wisdom, illuminated
by all divine wisdom, book which
the veneration of the people calls
the book,-the Bible. Well. Your
censure has reached even that. Un-
heard OF thing! Popes have pro
scribed the Bible!
How astonishing to wise spirits,
now oyerpowerlng to simple hearts.
to see the finger of Rome placed
upon the book Of God! And YOU
Claim the liberty of teaching. Stop
be sincere; let us understand the
iiterty which you claim. 1t is the
liberty OF not teaching. You wish
Us TO give you the people to instruct
very well. Let us see your pupils.
Let us see those you have produced.
W nat have you done for Italy +?
W nat have you done for Spain
For centuries you have kept in your
nauus, a1 your discretion, at your
SCHOOL these two great nations, il.
iustrlons among the illustrious.
T" nat have you done for them? /
am gong to tell you. Thanks to
you' Italy, mother of genius ana of
nations which has spread over the
universe all the most brilliant mar
Vels oil poetry and the arts; Italy
winch has taught mankind to read.
now KNOWS not how to read! Yes
Italy Is OF all the States of Europe
That where the smallest number of
natives know how to read. Spain.
magnlficently endowed! Spain.
which received from the Romans
her first civilization, from the Arabs
her second civilization, from Provi
dence, and in spite OF YOU. a world.
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