The benefitai of education and of 



useful knowledge, generally diiffused 



through a community, are essential 



to the preservation of a free gov- 

 ernment. 



Sam Houston. 



Cultivated mind is the guardian 

 genius of democracy. ... It is the 

 only dictator that freemen acknowl- 

 edge and the only security tliat free- 

 men desire. 



Mirabean B. Lamar. 



