当开国元勋们想到这个新国家时，他们了解到，对公民的教育对于其民主企业的健康至关重要。知识不仅是一种奢侈品。这是必不可少的。
(When the founding fathers conceived of this new nation, they understood that the education of its citizens would be essential to the health of their democratic enterprise. Knowledge was not just a luxury; it was essential.)