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Discussions by Robert Lewis Dabney, Vol. 4: Secular is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dabney’s last set of essays, labeled as secular, still contains numerous religious themes throughout. Intertwining recounts of historical figures and events from the American Civil War with theology, many of these essays discuss current issues of the time such as slavery and women’s rights. A narrative of J. B. Baldwin interviewing Abraham Lincoln is included.

of religion. The consequence is, they are scourged with negligent officials, drunken engineers, and defaulting cashiers. So the State will fall into the hands of teachers who will not even teach secular learning honestly; money will be wasted, and the schools will become corrupting examples to their own pupils of slighted work and abused trusts. Sixth, To every Christian citizen, the most conclusive argument against a secularized education is contained in his own creed touching human responsibility.
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