7. Suppose that you were like Robinson Crusoe, except that five of you were shipwrecked. Would you form a government? Why? 8. If you were tie write a constitution, what would you include? 9. Suppose that a man came into your yard and tried to steal your bicycle, what could you do to protect your rights? 10. Do all people do what they think is right? How can you tell what is right and wrong? ADVANCED QUESTIONS A. What is the purpose of government? B. Why is it wrong for the great and powerful to govern the small and weak? Does might make right? C. Which would be the better government, one based upon might makes right, or one based upon right makes might? Why? D. How can right make might? E. In a free country can the government prescribe what occupations in life the people must follow? How are the higher and better occupations acquired in America? F. How did the American government come into being? G. How would you organise a literary society? List the steps in detail. Would you have a constitution? What should be included in any constitution? H. Discuss the effect of a sudden breakdown in government. I. What were the first steps in the actual organisation of the government of the United States? J. Write a paper on: The Ways in Which the Postmaster, Superintendent of Schools, Sheriff, Coroner, or Judge Serves the People Why We Cannot Locate Our Government On the Map The Advantages of Having a Government What a Constitution Should Include III. LIBERTY Definition Of Liberty And The Historical Background Of The Struggle For It I hope that we now all understand that the purpose of government is to maintain the liberty of the people. I wish that every child would learn from the Declaration of Independence the following: “_We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed._”(12) This expresses the whole purpose of government—to secure the right to life, to liberty, and to happiness. I suppose every child here would like to be rich some day. A great many people feel that riches bring happiness. The experience of men, however, is that riches more often bring disappointments, burdens, and grief.