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The State Free School System Imposed Upon Virginia by the Underwood Constitution

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Dabney argues against Virginia’s state-run free school system, defending parental responsibility for education and warning that state control fosters moral decay and crime.
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Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898) was a Southern Presbyterian minister, theologian, and educator best known for his influential teaching and writing within nineteenth-century Reformed theology. He served for many years as a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, where he shaped generations of Presbyterian ministers through his lectures in systematic and pastoral theology. Dabney was also a prolific author whose theological works and essays continue to be published and read for their rigor, clarity, and strong confessional commitments.

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