One of the strongest reasons which we can have for establishing a general plan of public instruction, is the condition of the poor children of our country. Such has always been and probably always will be the allotment of human life, that the poor will form a large portion of every community; and it is the duty of those who manage the affairs of a state, to extend relief to this unfortunate part of our species in every way in their power.
–Report of Archibald Murphey to the
North Carolina Senate, 1817
Murphey’s plan was intended mainly to educate the state’s
residents.
Murphey believed that his plan was important primarily as a(n)
.