The original 1836 version of the fabled reading instruction books which for three-quarters of a century were used by four-fifths of all American school children. Some 120 million sets were sold. No other books ever had so much influence over so many children over such a long period.
McGuffey Second Reader 1879
God is Great and Good
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1. I know God made the sun
To fill the day with light;
He made the twinkling stars
To shine all through the night.
2. He made the hills that rise
So very high and steep;
He made the lakes and seas,
That are so broad and deep.
3. He made the streams so wide,
That flow through wood and vale;
He made the rills so small,
That leap down hill and dale.
4. He made each bird that sings
So sweetly all the day;
He made each flower that springs
So bright, so fresh, so gay.
5. And He who made all these,
He made both you and me;
Oh, let us thank Him, then,
For great and good is He.
Right. The problem is that the Court has more and more disregarded history, law and precedent in order to great new principles of action. Justice Black, for instance, vested the term “separation of church and state” with a whole new meaning in 1947. The crazy quilt pattern of First Amendment law is owing to a conflict between reality and the court’s drive for power. Contrary to the common law tradition the courts seeks the overthrow of “is” by what they thinks “ought to be.” The opinion of a power elite overturns both law and tradition in the name of justice.