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title: 'Report on Elementary Public Instruction in Europe, Made to the Thirty-Sixth General Assembly of the State of Ohio, December 19, 1837'
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authors:
- 'Calvin Ellis Stowe'
date: 1838-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stowe-1838-report-on-elementary-public-instruction-in-europe-made-to-the-thirty-sixth-general-assembly-of-the-state-of-ohio-december-19-1837
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# Report on Elementary Public Instruction in Europe, Made to the Thirty-Sixth General Assembly of the State of Ohio, December 19, 1837

C. E. Stowe's 1837 report surveys European elementary public instruction (Prussia, Russia, France, England), arguing state-led universal schooling fosters national strength and civic virtue.

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