[nathanbedford]

Of all the battlegrounds where we must fight for survival of the Republic the classrooms are perhaps the most important. If we lose there we will lose everywhere because in the long run you cannot govern from the top down.

The Republic is built from the classrooms up but the Mitch McConnells of the world try to rule their diminishing world from the top down.

[poconopundit]

Hey Nathan,

Good to see your commentary and your trademark oval of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

I do believe you are right about the bottoms-up importance of the classroom.

This thought reminds me of Will Durant's analysis of Confucius in the book "Our Oriental Heritage":

• The ancients who wished to illustrate the highest virtue throughout the empire first ordered well their own states.
• Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families.
• Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their own selves.
• Wishing to cultivate their own selves, they first rectified their hearts.
• Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts.
• Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge.
• Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.

• Things being investigated, knowledge became complete.
• Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere.
• Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified.
• Their hearts being rectified, their own selves were cultivated.
• Their own selves being cultivated, their families were regulated.
• Their families being regulated, their states were rightly governed.
• Their states being rightly governed, the whole empire was made tranquil and happy.