Webster’s statement appears in the preface to that slender volume which, along with the Holy Bible, was to establish the uniqueness of American Education. For more than 100 years the American speller, known more familiarly as the “blue-backed speller” was to teach Americans “skill in letters” and the fundamentals concerning our Constitutional republic. A great concern for “posterity” and for the youth of the country is evident among our founders. They recognized that the nature of our American Christian