...Education As a preamble to the article on Education, there has been provided the well known declaration from the Ordinance of 1787: "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."...

...the Campus a glowing representation of the Capitol at Washington, and over all the memorable words from the Ordinance of 1787, — "Religion, Morality...means of education shall forever be encouraged." The nobility and stateliness of the Capitol never appeared to better advantage, as the building was vignetted...

...early in their minds, and has been steadily adhered to since."1 1 Thomas M. Cooley, Michigan, p. 328. It is significant that when the people came to frame...ringing declaration of faith taken from the Ordinance of 1 78 7 : " Religion , morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness...

...university builders. Thus did Michigan obey what President Angell calls "that sublime imperative" in the Ordinance of 1787 : "Religion, morality and knowledge...means of education shall forever be encouraged." The original plan of the University, drawn up by Judge Woodward, is now in the library of that institution....

...(estab. 1903). Education. — The constitution of 1909 contains (Art. XI, Sec. 1) the well-known clause from the Ordinance of 1787 : "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."...

...at the very beginning of the article on education that singularly enlightened bit of statesmanship taken from the Ordinance of 1787 : "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary for good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever...

...origin, means, and purposes of our educational system, par eminence, are proclaimed in the sentence from the Ordinance of 1787: "Religion, morality, and...means of education shall forever be encouraged." The fathers of the republic, by these words, and by the accompanying provisions of the ordinance dedicating...

...improvement factor which education represents. Our views were given classic statement in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, "Religion, morality, and knowledge...means of education shall forever be encouraged." The depth of our conviction has been demonstrated repeatedly. Our illiteracy rate is one of the lowest...

...assist education. In the eighteenth century one motive was expressed in these words of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: ". . . religion, morality, and...means of education shall forever be encouraged." The movement toward land-grant colleges in the 186os took place in the context of America's entrance into...

...for all that has been accomplished, Michigan is indebted to the intelligence, the unselfishness, ^nd the far-seeing wisdom of some of its own eminent 'citizens,..."Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."1...