 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - Rehabilitation - 1960 - 904 pages
...support of education is an American tradition. George Washington in his first message to Congress said : There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Thomas Jefferson urged the appropriation of public lands for the support of education. The Ordinance... | |
 | Education - 1961 - 312 pages
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 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - Art and state - 1962 - 374 pages
...noted that our first President had said : "There is nothing which can better deserve your patrona.ee than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge...every country the surest basis of public happiness. * * * Whether this desirable object will best be promoted by affording aid to seminaries of learning... | |
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Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. 
