Thirty Years of Colonial Government, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - hardcover

Excerpt from Thirty Years of Colonial Government, Vol. 2: A Selection From the Despatches and Letters of the Right Hon. Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G. C. M. G; Governor Successively of Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius, and Hong Kong

A subject that constantly engaged his attention was that of education, the most splendid Of all prac tical subjects,' as he styled it in one Of his addresses. On another public occasion he said: I read lately in Bancroft's History Of the United States Of America, a report written just two hundred years ago by the then Governor Of Virginia, Sir W. Berkeley, to Charles II., which certainly presents a state Of things very different from what we now see in Aus tralia. This report is to the following effect The Ministers Of Religion here should pray more and preach less. But, I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing-presses in this country; and I hope we shall not have either these hundred years for learning has brought disobedience and sects and heresies into the world, while printing has divulged them, to gether with libels on the best Of Kings and Governors. God preserve us from both! Now I am sure that there is no one here who will suspect the Governors Of the present day, the representatives of Queen Victoria, Of echoing this pious wish Of the Governors Of two hundred years ago, the representatives Of Charles II. You are all well aware that we consider it to be one Of our most important duties and greatest pleasures to encourage by every means in our power the spread Of education and useful knowledge.'

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