The American Founding: Revolutionary or Conservative

The benefits of this land

Are civil and religious freedom

For the two went hand in hand

To foster a people in wisdom

fos·ter (v)

1. 1.

   encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).

   "the teacher's task is to foster learning"

   synonyms:

   encourage, promote, further, stimulate, advance, forward, cultivate,nurture, strengthen, enrich; More
2. 2.

   bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth).

   synonyms:

   bring up, rear, raise, care for, take care of, look after, nurture, provide for; More