“Our belief in education is unbounded, our reverence for it is unfaltering, our loyalty to it is unshaken by reverses. Our passionate desire, not so much to acquire it as to bestow it, is the most animated of American traits.” DesireBeliefPassionateLoyaltyAcquireReverenceTraitsReverseAnimatedPassionate Desire Book:American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier