...Berkeley writing in 1 67 1 did not agree with him: I thank God there are no free schools or printing ... for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best Government. God keep us from both. (Sir...

...William Berkeley had thanked God in 1671 that there were neither free schools nor printing in Virginia, "for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the government."5 The first Virginia newspaper, The...

...building schools; one colonial governor rejoiced that no schools or printing presses could be found, "for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!" God,...

...Virginia Thanked the good God in public That Virginia did not have free schools Or printing presses, 'for learning has brought Disobedience and Heresy and Sects Into the world and Printing has divulged Then I said, "After you were born, Some friends and I were thrown Into the...

...years," Virginia governor William Berkeley gleefully wrote to his administrative superiors in 1671. "For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government: God keep us from both!"17 The...

...no free schools nor printing; and I hope we shall not have these hundred years," the governor wrote, "for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the government. God keep us from both." Berkeley's...

...Governor Berkeley had previously thanked God "there are no free schools nor printing [in Virginia] ... for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them. . . . God keep us from both!"2 Even though Parks was to be hauled before...