id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
_005195758	nan	Report of the trial of McLaurin F. Cooke, submaster of the Eliot School, of the City of Boston, for an assault and battery upon Thomas J. Wall, a pupil of that school : with the arguments of counsel, and the opinion of the court reported in full ; carefully revised and corrected.	1859		.txt	text/plain	54997	2146	68	It was not a question of toleration, but whether piety shall hereafter be taught school children from the Bible. Any child, who, on account of his race, color, or religious opinions, shall be excluded from any public or district school in this Commonwealth, for admission to which he may be otherwise qualified, shall recover damages therefor, in an action of tort, to be brought in the name of said child by guardian or next friend, and in Court of competent jurisdiction, to try the same, against the city or town by which the said school is supported.” — Stat. 1855, eh. 256.	cache/_005195758.txt	txt/_005195758.txt