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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3007376" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Along with what others stated before, I remember the story I heard of a law professor that had all his students to read the Federalist Papers. Invariably, after reading them, the students would remark in class that they were very difficult to read. To which, the professor would say, "Yes, they may be hard to read, but at the time they were written to the reading capability of the average colonial farmer."</p><p></p><p>Much of the education back in that period, that being the time of the founders and especially before the founding of the country, education was based a lot on the New England Primer. That was a booklet that assisted in the teaching of reading as well as many religious teachings, which was essential to the early religious "settlers" and to the founders.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_England_Primer" target="_blank">Wikipedia article on The New England Primer</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3007376, member: 7900"] Along with what others stated before, I remember the story I heard of a law professor that had all his students to read the Federalist Papers. Invariably, after reading them, the students would remark in class that they were very difficult to read. To which, the professor would say, "Yes, they may be hard to read, but at the time they were written to the reading capability of the average colonial farmer." Much of the education back in that period, that being the time of the founders and especially before the founding of the country, education was based a lot on the New England Primer. That was a booklet that assisted in the teaching of reading as well as many religious teachings, which was essential to the early religious "settlers" and to the founders. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_England_Primer']Wikipedia article on The New England Primer[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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