Joseph Lancaster

My school is attended by near three hundred scholars.

— Joseph Lancaster

All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.

— Joseph Lancaster

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and…

— Joseph Lancaster

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should…

— Joseph Lancaster

The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of…

— Joseph Lancaster

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to…

— Joseph Lancaster

A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and…

— Joseph Lancaster

I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the…

— Joseph Lancaster

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.

— Joseph Lancaster

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow…

— Joseph Lancaster

Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent,…

— Joseph Lancaster

The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile minds.

— Joseph Lancaster

At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these…

— Joseph Lancaster

In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members of a society established for that purpose,…

— Joseph Lancaster

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of…

— Joseph Lancaster

Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society,…

— Joseph Lancaster

We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of…

— Joseph Lancaster

The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom…

— Joseph Lancaster

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare; that the education…

— Joseph Lancaster

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest,…

— Joseph Lancaster

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force…

— Joseph Lancaster

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.

— Joseph Lancaster

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion,…

— Joseph Lancaster