{"id":13407,"date":"2022-04-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=13407"},"modified":"2022-05-15T23:21:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T03:21:41","slug":"george-washington-i-conceive-a-knowledge-of-books-is-the-basis-upon-which-other-knowledge-is-to-be-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/04\/george-washington-i-conceive-a-knowledge-of-books-is-the-basis-upon-which-other-knowledge-is-to-be-built\/","title":{"rendered":"George Washington: I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In a letter to Jonathan Boucher dated July 9, 1771 George Washington wrote “I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Washington was born in the Age of Reason, he was a part of a generation of that had access to more information in the form of printed books, pamphlets, and newspapers than ever before. The same holds true today we have access to more information then at any time in history. The drawback however is that access can be fleeting. Online sources can be taken offline or be edited to fit changing political or cultural narratives. Books however are a tangible resource that can\u2019t easily be taken away or altered once in your care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every American should own copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution<\/a>, The Federalist<\/a> & Anti-Federalist<\/a> papers & James Madison\u2019s Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787<\/a>. I\u2019d also recommend the two-volume boxed set The Debate on the Constitution Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification 1787\u20131788<\/a> from LIbrary of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, that\u2019s my mini rant for today. It\u2019s time for me to put my feet up & reread Federalist 19 before watching the next edition of the Freedom P<\/a>apers podcast<\/a> with Morgan Zegers<\/a> tonight. BTW if you\u2019re not listening to the Freedom Papers podcast and following Morgan, you should be. She\u2019s one brightest young voices in the conservative movement & one of the few people I\u2019ve met through social media I\u2019d love to meet in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a letter to Jonathan Boucher dated July 9, 1771 George Washington wrote “I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.” George Washington was born in the Age of Reason, he was a part of a generation of that had access to more information in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,62,1390],"tags":[268,1394,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-13407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture","7":"category-education","8":"category-history","9":"tag-constitution","10":"tag-george-washington","11":"tag-liberty","12":"entry","13":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-3uf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3023,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/26\/happy-thanksgiving-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":13407,"position":0},"title":"Happy Thanksgiving","author":"Jeff","date":"November 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Thanksgiving everyone\u2026 and to every Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine: Thank You and God Bless You. 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