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Robert L. Dabney  

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  • Although most Protestants supported the creation of common or public school systems in the 19th century, a small number of dissenters expressed reservations about, among other things, the lack of attention to specific Christian doctrines in the common schools. None, however, dissented more vigorously from the concept of public education than Robert L. Dabney, whose objection to the role of the state in education was reminiscent of John Stuart Mill's criticism of government-sponsored education. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Dabney, Robert L. (1820–1898)]

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