Freedom of Teaching

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Excerpt from Freedom of Teaching: A Reply to an Attack in the Boston Watchman and Reflector Of the papers forming this little tract, the first was printed in the "Watchman and Reflector" in answer to an attack upon me by a writer in that journal, and was accompanied by long editorial comments, to which the second paper is a reply. This second paper, with the exception of the notes, and a paragraph or two, was offered to the editor and refused, on the score of its length, I had therefore no alternative but to remain silent or print it myself. Nothing but the feeling that I and the institution to which I belong had been placed in a false position would have induced me to obtrude myself and my opinions upon the attention of the public. I wish simply to correct misrepresentations and misapprehensions, to assume the entire responsibility of any oversight I may have committed, if any can be fairly proved against me, and to place, if possible, the question of the proper method of historical and literary teaching upon a footing which will be acknowledged to be the right one by all fair-minded men. If I can do this, the controversy, perhaps, will not have proved an unprofitable one. For a lecturer to make an unfair use of his opportunities to inculcate certain theological dogmas, whether orthodox or unorthodox, is one thing, for him to speak of historical or literary subjects from his own point of view, whether that be orthodox or unorthodox, is quite another. To deny him that privilege would be virtually to shut the mouth of every lecturer who did not chance to agree with all the dogmas of some particular religious creed which is covertly assumed to be infallible. No teacher with a single spark of independence would consent to be tongue-tied, or else to conform his whole method of teaching to some system of thought in which he did not believe. The institution of learning which submits to such dictation becomes at once a sectarian institution, for it is simply impossible to deal with literary or historical subjects in any manner that deserves the name of teaching, unless upon some theory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.