| − | To know the laws of the physical world, the properties of their own bodies and minds, the past history of their species, is as much a benefit to the Jew, the Mussulman, the Deist, the Atheist, as to the orthodox churchman ; and it is as iniquitous to withhold it from them. Education provided by the public must be education for all, and to be education for all it must be purely secular education.<ref>John Stuart Mill, [http://www.utilitarian.org/texts/education.html Speech on Secular Education], 1849.</ref> | + | To know the laws of the physical world, the properties of their own bodies and minds, the past history of their species, is as much a benefit to the Jew, the Mussulman, the Deist, the Atheist, as to the orthodox churchman; and it is as iniquitous to withhold it from them. Education provided by the public must be education for all, and to be education for all it must be purely secular education.<ref>John Stuart Mill, [http://www.utilitarian.org/texts/education.html Speech on Secular Education], 1849.</ref> |