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1、m<,^..LAs^&UNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA.MR.BOUTON'SADDRESS,BEFORETHEilTew-IIauipshireHistoricalSociety.THEHISTORYOFEDUCATIONINNEW-HAMPSHIRE.DISCOURSE,DELIVEREDBEFORETHENEW-HAMPSHIREHISTORICAL.SOCIETY,THEIRANNUALMEETINGINCONCORD,>y^^3JUNE12,1833.BY]ATHAlIEIiBOUTOJV.
2、Wliatwillbecomeofyourrepublicangoverntnents,iftheyarenotnurturedbypub-liceflHCation,andstrengthenedbypublicvirtue1Dr.Belknap'sElec.Sermon,17S5.ACONCORD,MARSH,CAPENANDLYON.1833.JYew-MampshireMtistoricalSociety,12June,1833.Hon.MatthewHarvey,President,intheChair.
3、Voted,ThatthethanksoftheSocietybepre-sentedtotheRev.NathanielBoutonfortheDiscoursedehveredbyhimthisdaybeforetheSociety,andthatheberequestedtofurnishacopyforpublication.M.EASTMAN,Rec.Secretary.DISCOURSE.MiPresident^andGentlemenoftheHistoricalSociety—Thebriefho
4、urwhichIhavethehonor,byyourappointment,tooccupythisevening,shallbedevotedtotheHistoryofEducationinNew-Hampshire:asubjectwhichhoweverlit-tleitmayflatterourvanity,inspireadmirationofnativegeniusorenkindleliteraryenthusiasmmayyetclaimthissolidadvantage—itwillshow
5、oneessentialpartofthefoundationonwhichourfreeInstitutionsrest,teachustoveneratethecharacterofourancestors,andpointoutsomeofthemostimportantdutieswhichweowetopos-terity.ThesystemofeducationnowprevalentinNew-Englandistheoffspringofthepersonalcharac-terandoftheci
6、vilandreligiouspolityofthefirstsettlers.Togivethereforethehistoryofeduca-tioninaparticularState,wemustreverttotheoriginalsettlersandascertainthemotiveswhichgovernedthem.Ifthenweask,first,whatinducedthePuri-tansinHolland5andnext,what,thoseinEng-landoftheMassach
7、usettscolony,toemigratetothiscountry—theanswerisone.Itwaschieflytoenjoyandpropagatetheirreligion5butnexttothisandsubsidiarytoit,itivastoeducatetheirchildren.OnereasonwhichdeterminedthePu-ritanpilgrimsuponaremovalfromLeydenwas;*thattheplacebeingofgreatlicentiou
8、snessandlibertytochildren;theycouldnoteducatethem,norcouldtheygivethemduecorrectionwithoutreprooforreproachfromtheirneighbors.'AmongthegeneralconsiderationsfortheplantationofNew-En
