Thanks to Alina for finding this great passage by William Lloyd Garrison from an 1889 issue of the Woman’s Journal: “History is responsible for this training of youth to the idea of the glory of war. From baby days it is stamped upon the impressionable childish mind that the God of Battles has ordained wars, and that this divine ordinance regulates the history of nations; that these are engaged in the fulfillment of immutable decree, a law of nature, like tornadoes and earthquakes, which from time to time will not be stemmed; that though atrocities and wickedness, sorrow and heart-breaking … Continue reading The real purpose of “public” education