"May this plain statement of facts prevail on……" — Joseph Lancaster
"May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare; that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks."
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Joseph Lancaster
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23 Quotes by Joseph Lancaster
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This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the…
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The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children,…
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Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.
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Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious…
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We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the…
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All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.
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IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by…
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The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.
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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a…
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A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from…
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The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give…
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Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost…
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