Journal of Libertarian Studies
Author:
Leonard P. Liggio
Joseph R. Peden
Online Publish Date:
Harrington in his The Commonwealth of Oceana (1650) urged that free schools be opened for all youth between nine and fifteen years of age under the direction of the unaccustomed to selfgovernment, inaccessible to education, and easily accessible to prepossessive and inveterate credulity and intrigue” and “easily virtuous and intelligent leadership. Beecher, Morse and Bockum were signaling the opening of a new phase in American intellectual and social history. The task of