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357 Any remarks on American Schools would be very incomplete, if nothing were said on the exclusion from them of all direct or dogmatic religious teaching. The general reul is that a small portion, sometimes limited to ten verses, of the Holy Scriptures should be read daily;, & that this should be followed by the Lord's Prayer. Some cities and districts allow more latitude for the prayer, a choice of certain forms that are provided being permitted; or even an ex tempore prayer founded on the Lord's Prayer. In some school moral, is distinguished from religious, or doctrinal teaching, may be founded on the portion of Scripture that has been read.