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Michigan By. H. G. Wells
Under and by virtue of the provisions of that constitution our common school system was established, and that is the richest, best gift ever conferred upon the people of Michigan. Its influence reaches the humblest citizen of the State, and can make him the peer of the highest official and the most affluent. May that system be continued through time. Over the portals of all the school houses of Michigan let it be marked in letters, never to be effaced, " Our common school system is to last forever." Let us all assent and agree, that it is the prop and main stay of good government. Of the eighty-five men constituting the convention of 1835 not more than nine survive—of my own knowledge but sis. Here and there over the surface of Michigan the little mounds of earth indicate that these men have nearly all passed away. Peace to the memory of my dead associates; they were enlightened, earnest, good men.
BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES.
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