American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

New England Primer (1691) was in its second edition, as recorded in an advertisement by Benjamin Harris of Boston. The oldest extant copy is dated 1737. It was used to teach colonial era children the alphabet, by the use of illustrations and rhyme: <A In ADAM'S Fall, We sinned all. B Heaven to find, The Bible Mind. C Christ crucify'd For sinners dy'd. D The Deluge drown'd The Earth around. E ELIJAH hid By Ravens fed. F The judgment made FELIX afraid. G As runs the Glass, Our Life doth pass. H My Book and Heart Must never part. J JOB...

Massachusetts Bay Charter (October 7, 1691): <William & Mary by the Grace of God King and Queen of England Scotland France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith...Whereas his late Majesty King James the First Our Royal Predecessor...did...Grant unto the Council established at Plymouth...for the Planting...of New England in America...Provided always that the said Lands...were not then actually possessed or Inhabited by any other Christian Prince... We do by these presents...Grant...that forever hereafter there shall be a liberty of Conscience allowed in the Worship of God to all Christians (Except Papists) Inhabiting or which shall Inhabit or be Resident within our...

Connecticut Colonial Legislature (1690) passed the law: <This [legislature] observing that...there are many persons unable to read the English tongue and thereby incapable to read the holy Word of God or the good laws of this colony...it is ordered that all parents and masters shall cause their respective children and servants, as they are capable, to be taught to read distinctly the English tongue.> 1690CC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1690CC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Colony of Connecticut, 1690, law passed in the legislature. Edward Kendall,...

Montesquieu (January 18, 1689-February 10, 1755) was a French political philosopher who greatly influenced nineteenth century thought. , Baron Charles Louis Joseph de Secondat Montesquieu wrote Persian Letters, 1721, which was a satirical reflection on France's sociopolitical institutions. In 1748, he wrote The Spirit of the Laws, introducing a revolutionary concept of government where the powers of a monarch were divided into judicial, legislative and executive bodies to guarantee individual freedoms. Donald S. Lutz of the University of Houston, with Charles S. Hyneman, in their article "The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought," published in the...

Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688-May 30, 1744) was the greatest English poet and satirist of the early 1700's. Ranking with Shakespeare in influence, his works include: Ode to Solitude, 1700-09; An Essay on Criticism, 1711; The Rape of the Lock, 1712, 1714; Dunciad, 1728; An Essay on Man, 1733; The Universal Prayer, 1738; Imitations of Horace, 1733; and The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1735. In An Essay of Criticism, 1711, Alexander Pope wrote: <To err is human, to forgive divine.> 1688AP001 In An Essay of Criticism, 1711, Alexander Pope wrote: <Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.> 1688AP002 In Of...