The Religious Education Of An American Citizen Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Public School Question: As Understood by a Catholic American Citizen, and by a Liberal American Citizen; Two Lectures, Before the Free Religious Association, in Horticultural Hall, Boston The Free Religious Association, having charge of what are known in Boston as the Horticultural Hall Lec tures, invites to its platform men whose faiths so widely differ that no other platform, distinctively religious, is apt to Welcome them to equal rights. That is what the As sociation is for. It earnestly tries to stand for Freedom and Fellowship in Religion: its objects, as stated in its Constitution, being to promote the practical interests of pure religion, to increase fellowship in the spirit, and to encourage the scientific study of man's religious nature and history; and to this end all persons interested in these oh jects are cordially invited to its membership. One of the subjects selected for this winter was the ques tion on which Roman Catholic citizens are taking ground so generally against their fellow-citizens, - that of the Right and Justice of our long-established Public School System. No question is more certain to be decided with snap-judgments by the thoughtless on both sides, and with prejudice even by the thoughtful. It was believed that a calm discussion between two able men, each stating squarely the strongest argument for his own side. 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.