 | James Wickes Taylor - 1857 - 418 pages
...provided in the ordinance of 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river, that ' religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary...of education, shall forever be encouraged.' In the organization of our State government, this provision was, in substance, copied into the bill of rights,... | |
 | Illinois. Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction - 1915 - 866 pages
...The germ of the University of Illinois is found in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which specifies that "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary...means of education shall forever be encouraged." In 1804, when still a part of Indiana Territory, one township in every section of what is now the present... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1868 - 1338 pages
...principles of our Republican Government. The Ordinance of OOVBBNOBS INAUGUEAL MESSAGE. T 1787, declared that " religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary...means of education, shall forever be encouraged." In a community where the elective franchise is so nearly universal, that almost every man has a direct... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1869 - 896 pages
...ever been one of the great principles of our Republican Government. The Ordinance of 1787, declared that " religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary...means of education, shall forever be encouraged." In a community where the elective franchise is so nearly universal, that almost every man has a direct... | |
 | Tennessee. Bureau of Agriculture, Joseph Buckner Killebrew - 1874 - 1246 pages
...Congress for the government of the territory north-west of the Ohio River." That ordinance provided that, " religion, morality and knowledge being necessary...of education shall forever be encouraged " in the Territory. Therefore, in an act of cession from the United States to the State of Tennessee, passed... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1888 - 340 pages
...known early as the Northwest Territory. The great Ordinance of 1787, in its third article, provided that, " religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary...means of education shall forever be encouraged." In pursuance of this injunction, the constitution of the State under which it was admitted into the Union... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1888 - 340 pages
...known early as the Northwest Territory. The great Ordinance of 1787, in its third article, provided that, "religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary...means of education shall forever be encouraged." In pursuance of this injunction, the constitution of the State under which it was admitted into the Union... | |
 | John Marshall Barker - 1894 - 276 pages
...the American people was shown in the Magna Charta of the Northwest, framed in 1787, which declared that " Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary...means of education shall forever be encouraged." In obedience to this spirit, the Federal government made grants of land to encourage and support institutions... | |
 | Henry Addison Nelson, Albert B. Robinson - 1894 - 1190 pages
...Michigan has always been famous for its educational system. The celebrated Ordinance of 1787 enacted that " Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary...means of education shall forever be encouraged." In this spirit the State has established and fostered a public school system that ranks among the best... | |
 | Albert Edward Winship - 1900 - 264 pages
...of the Ohio. The famous "ordinance of 1787," passed by Congress on July 1 3th of that year, provided that, " religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary...means of education shall forever be encouraged in this new territory." It is remarkable that this should have been voted by the states when eleven of... | |
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Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. 
