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[Document, 1785 March 24]

1. [Document, 1785 March 24]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 24, 1785
  • Summary: Thanks Rush for his approbation of his European mission. Glad Congress has granted the application of Dickinson College. Knowledge is the soul of are public, and the only way to diminish the number of the weak and wicked. Education should be cheap and...
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[Document, 1789 January 23]

2. [Document, 1789 January 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 23, 1789
  • Summary: Extract: Public affairs should be committed to men "of abilities and liberality". As education wider, so will more citizens have these qualifications. "Neither wisdom nor liberty can have permanent abodes with civilized ignorance; for the external all...
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