Download or read book Our National Schools of Science (Classic Reprint) written by Daniel Coit Gilman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our National Schools of Science Under these circumstances we think that the epithet employed for the first time in the heading Of this article is a fit designa tion Of a class Of institutions rapidly organizing in all the loyal States. They are in fact, if not in name, the National Schools Of Science, distinguished from all other schools and colleges by the reception Of an endowment from the nation, obliged to conform to certain requirements Of the national legislature, and bound to print and publish annually a report Of their progress. It is true that the general government has no other control over them than to insist upon a fulfilment of the requirements Of the statute by which they were created. But the nation gave birth to them the nation provided their dowry the na tion is to reap the benefits which they are designed to render. Very few persons understand the momentous significance Of the Act of Congress for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, which was passed by Congress on the 17th Of June, 1862, and became a law, by the approval Of Presi dent Lincoln, Ou the 2d Of July immediately following. Our New England readers will associate the earlier Of these dates with the anniversary Of the battle Of Bunker Hill, the earliest occasion on which the force Of the national arms and the self determining power Of the American people were exhibited to the world. Hereafter the same anniversary will recall to the minds Of scholars the earliest act Of Congress for the promotion of national popular education. Other grants there have been, we are well 'aware, for purposes Of instruction, but this is the first which regards the wants Of all the States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.