“In England we have, as things are, the tradition of public service and the inner instinct of patriotism; formal teaching of civic duty is not so much needed among the wealthier and more cultivated classes, though more ought to be done than is done in the public elementary schools, and in some of the new secondary schools. In America this sociological teaching given in connection with history is the one thing they have to train citizens for citizenship; religious instruction has been excluded from their school system, personal influence and corporate life play but little part compared with the powerful one they play here. There is no universal military service as in Germany and France to teach by hard experience the duty and the need of patriotism; the tradition of unpaid public work so strong in England is not known in the United States. The teaching of history and of patriotism through history is the one force which America has in her schools and colleges to stimulate and train the sense of civic duty. One cannot but conclude that to a half-conscious conviction of this truth is due the system, the earnestness, the concentration, and the excellence that America achieves in the teaching of history throughout every grade of her education.” FOOTNOTE: [2] Impressions of American Education in 1908, by Sara A. Burstall, pp. xii, 829, Longmans, Green & Co. “The Old South Leaflets” Classified BY REX W. WELLS, TEACHER OF HISTORY, EAST HIGH SCHOOL, TOLEDO, OHIO. English History. Vol. No. Augustine in England V 113 King Alfred’s Description of Europe V 112 Magna Charta (1215) I 5 Passages from Wyclif’s Bible (1382) V 125 Passages from More’s “Utopia” (1516) V 124 Letters of Hooper to Bullinger (“The First Puritan”) III 58 The Invention of Ships, Raleigh VII 166 The Petition of Right (1628) I 23 Sir John Eliot’s “Apologie for Socrates” III 59 Ship Money Papers III 60 The Scottish National Covenant (1638) I 25 Pym’s Speech against Strafford (1641) III 61 The Grand Remonstrance (1641) I 24 The Agreement of the People (1648-9) II 26 Cromwell’s First Speech to his Parliament (1653) II 28 The Instrument of Government (1653) II 27 Vane’s “Healing Question” (1656) I 6 Milton’s “Free Commonwealth” (1660) III 63 Sir Henry Vane’s Defense (1662) III 64 The Bill of Rights (1689) I 18 Old Jersey (Island of) VI 150