At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum. — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society. — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost;… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education. — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile minds. — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
