In response to the thoughts of the previous writer "The 19th- and 20th-century inheritors of the State of the classically-trained Founders thought it wise to eradicate cultures, tear apart social fabric by use of schooling as a political weapon, using prevailing "philosophical thought" as rationale: Manifest Destiny, White Man's Burden, and so forth." Particularly that part about the tearing apart of the social fabric by use of Schooling..............What Rubbish! BJA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Frostfreedet@aol.com> To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Captain--militia, civilian,tax assessment districts > Ann writes: > >> I believe our Founders were in the >> main embued with not only a classical education but were schooled too in >> contemporary philosophical thought. > > The tiny minority were. The bulk of the folk who fought the wars to take > the > land, tilled the soil, made the hardware and furnishings of everyday life, > were schooled in religious thought of specific types, but little else not > associated with a trade until well into the 19th century. The slaves who > did so > much of the practical work were by law not allowed to have book-education. > Some > "contemporary philosophical thought" justified the practices of > enslavement > and colonialism. The 19th- and 20th-century inheritors of the State of > the > classically-trained Founders thought it wise to eradicate cultures, tear > apart > social fabric by use of schooling as a political weapon, using prevailing > "philosophical thought" as rationale: Manifest Destiny, White Man's > Burden, and so > forth. > > Judy > List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information > here..... > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most > helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/555 - Release Date: > 11/27/2006 > >