The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-19

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An American citizens should know
more of the history 6T their country
than can be learned from tho meager
outlines of the textbooks used IN our
elementary and high schools.
That large number of people
should have such general and compre-
hensivc knowledge az the country, its
life and growth and The form and
sr.rit Of its institutions as can be
several of the standard histories. is
essential to the welfare Of the re-
/ uhlIc.
At every national election. and at
many State and municipal elections
the people are called upon TO vote on
policies which can not be intelligcntly
determined without such knowledge
Legislators and other representatives
Of the people are family in need
OF ii Only out o fthc history of the
past can come an understanding of
the principles by which they must be
guided il they ARC to work wisely for
the future. To read extensively and
deeply in the history Of the country
becomes, therefore. a patriotic duty
Only thus can one love his land with
love far brought from out the storied
past" used within the present" and
ira nsfused through future time by
power Of thought
Those who have learned to read his
tory find it the most interesting form
Of literature. The story of any eoun-
try or Of any great movement of any
people. fifty told, II entertaining es-
pecislly when the reader has learned
70 understand the relation to each
other of the thought and feeling and
purpose and action IF the people.
No country has a more interesting
1 history than the United States, which
from its beginnings in the scattered
settlements OF Immigrants from Eu-
ronean shores 400 Years ago and less,
has grown. through colonial and ma :
tional life till il has become the great
est wealthicst. most powerful and
most prosperous. the frcest, the most
self controlled and self-restraincd. the
most cosmopolitan. and the most firmly
UNI nation the world has ever
/ known.
Tho story OF the United States Is the
story, not OF dynasties and courts, but
! Of the people. their lfe their indus
/ tries, their aspira tions, and the demo-
/ cratic institutions through which they
: have sought 10 attain these aspirations,
and every line of tho story fhrohs with
present interest and future mea ming
/ II - with the hope that many boys
! and girls. young men and women. and
/ older persons. too. may he stimulated
/ by it tn learn more of the story than
i they otherwise vvould and tberch, ~.
como more intelligent and better citi-
2"ns. while experiencing the toy, of
; living IA tho past and lcarning TO
/ Know those who have made the pres
I ont lhai tho bureau of educa ton is
( sues through It's division Of homc etiu-
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