Because much rewriting of history is destroying the truth.
Noah Webster
Father of American Scholarship and Education
Quote Source
An excerpt from An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution.
Biography
NOAH WEBSTER, JR. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read, secularizing their education. According to Ellis (1979) he gave Americans "a secular catechism to the nation-state". His name became synonymous with "dictionary", especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. » Find out more
“Facts Are Stubborn Things”
~ John Adams, 2nd U.S. President