. . . "Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important...education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may fully appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears...Full view - About this bookAbraham Lincoln: The Man of the PeopleNorman Hapgood - Preside" .