That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall be satisfactory to the advisory board.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.
My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other.
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.
Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read.
Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.
I think that books are fundamentally educational.
Anything that gets children reading is fine.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at different times, that if it were not for that book, Catholics would never be led to renounce their own faith.