George Wythe

Especially if it requires no embrace of Nietzsche's high-hearted view of philosophy, such that one feels that life is better for him having lived and reading him one notices one has grown wings and ears.--Michael Platt, George Wythe University.

But I'll bet you've never heard of George Wythe (with).

A former cop and graduate of George Wythe University--an unaccredited institution in Cedar City, Utah, founded by Oliver DeMille, a Skousen protege--he teaches with NCCS president Earl Taylor at the Heritage Academy charter school in Mesa, where he hones his material on formerly homeschooled high schoolers.

I am murdered; George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation.

These men were recipients of a lifetime of mentorship by George Wythe, whose association with William and Mary ranged from serving as its burgess, then on its board of visitors, and then as a member of its faculty as "America's first law professor." Wythe's mentorship was an important influence in early America--as young men, future President Jefferson, future Chief Justice Marshall, and future Speaker of the House Henry Clay all studied under him.

(3) Jefferson also recruited his own beloved law teacher, George Wythe, to breathe life into the new school, beginning the next month.

The Founding Fathers had their preceptors, like George Wythe, who instilled in them the doctrines of liberty, and subsequent generations were the beneficiaries of a small-town, one-room-schoolhouse, family-centered culture that both furnished a proper education and instilled values that perpetuated and strengthened our civilization.

Our tradition began in 1779, when George Wythe was appointed a professor of law in the College of William and Mary.

DEBORAH SMITH of the George Wythe High School in Richmond, Va., is the top-ranked student in her class.

To see Colonial-style governing and living at its restored best, head for the Governor's Palace, the Capitol, the George Wythe House, the Peyton Randolph House and Raleigh Tavern.