A
morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be
always valuable. Thomas Jefferson
It
is the duty of every good citizen to use all the
opportunities which occur to him, for preserving
documents relating to the history of your country.
Thomas Jefferson.
Every
child in America should be acquainted with his own
country. he should read books that furnish him
with ideas that will be useful to him in life and
practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he
should rehearse the history of his own country.
Noah
Webster
History
by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them
to judge of the future; it will avail them of the
experience of other times and other nations; it will
qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of
men; it will enable them to know ambition under every
disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its
views.
