Excerpt from School History of the United States: Containing Maps, a Chronological Chart, and an Outline of Topics for a More Extensive Course of Study

But these are passing rapidly away; soon the last one of the actors in our Revolution will have gone down to the grave of his fathers. The voice of these worthies will no longer be heard amidst their descendants, around the domestic hearth, relating the story of their country - its days of wo and weal.

To you, therefore, the written page must supply the place of the animated tale from the venerable men whose voice is Silenced by the tomb. And a portion of the period allotted for the pursuits of science is claimed by this subject.

The rising generation of this country ought to be made early and familiarly acquainted with the way in which God has led their fathers, and to know the expenses they incurred in providing the legacy they have left. It may be said, in truth, that God hath not dealt so with any other people. His hand was scarcely more conspicuous in bringing Israel out of Egypt, than in pro yiding for the settlement of the Pilgrims in the new world. Hardly more conspicuous to the sons of Jacob were the pillars of cloud and of fire, than have been the dispensations of his providence in establishing; and defending his American Israel. Blessings like those we now enjoy must be known, and their expense, their char acter, their value appreciated, if we would hope to see them defended and perpetuated. In our hands they are to be preserved or lost. This responsibility is ours, and we can no more divest ourselves of it, than we can terminate our rational existence. There is not, therefore, a Son or daughter of the American republic, to whom the details of our history can be either useless or uninteresting. Let us, therefore, call your attention to this interesting study.

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