Knowledge as National Power on Independence Day, 1828

Editor’s Note:  In 1828, for a woman to deliver a major public address on a political occasion like the Fourth of July was a radical and highly controversial act. That’s what happened that year at New Harmony Hall, where the abolitionist and freethinker Frances Wright delivered a speech that, on its surface, might seem distant from the modern strategist’s concerns. Yet, her impassioned call for a system of national, rational education speaks directly to the foundational pillars of any strong and resilient state. Wright argues for an education grounded in empirical inquiry and critical thought, liberated from the dogma she

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