Actual Government In Illinois Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Elements of Civil Government of Illinois: With a Brief Outline of the Political History of the State to the Adoption of the Constitution The time evidently is at hand for a forward movement of the educational forces Of this State in the line Of a more formal endeavor to make a good citizen. Hitherto it seems to have been assumed that no distinctive instruction in citizenship was necessary, but that there was a potency in the spelling book and 'the other branches commonly taught which was sufficient, although it is a matter Of everyday Observation that a man may be even highly educated and still a very poor citizen. TO this lack Of familiarity with the spirit and form Of our govern ment can doubtless be traced no small part Of the political indifference Of our day. To win this battle for good citizenship many forces may be called into action, but none are more prominently before the teachers than what may be called the tactics Of good citizen ship namely, Civil Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.