“The sheet-anchor of the Ship of State is the common school. Let no youth leave the school without being thoroughly grounded in the history, the principles, and the incalculable blessings of liberty. Let the boys be the trained soldiers of constitutional freedom, the girls the intelligent mothers of freemen.”
The accompanying gravure makes an especial appeal because of its simplicity. There is no posing in this group. The utter unconsciousness of the children, standing agaze before Washington’s portrait, is evidence enough of the deep-rooted feelings that hold them there in silent contemplation of the Father of their Country.
PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 6, No. 10, SERIAL No. 158
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
THE MENTOR · · JULY 1, 1918
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
The CRADLE of LIBERTY
By ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
Professor of Government, Harvard University
MENTOR GRAVURES
FANEUIL HALL BOSTON, MASS.