My School Is Attended By Near Three

The Institution Of A Public Library, Containing Books On Education, Would Be Well Adapted For The Information Of Teachers, Many Of Whom Are Not Able To Purchase Expensive Publications On Those Subjects.

Indeed, I Am Sometimes Inclined To Doubt Whether Some Men Consider Youth As Rational And Intelligent Beings, With Minds Capable Of Expansion, And Talents Formed For Usefulness.

I Am Persuaded, That If Any Attempt Is Made To Improve The Education Of The Poor, And Such An Unmanly Spirit Should Guide The Resolution Of A Society Or Committee For That Purpose, It Would Render The Design Abortive.

A Spirit, Breathing The Language Of Independence, Is Natural To Englishmen, Few Of Whom Are Disposed To Brook Compulsion, Or Submit To The Dictates Of Others, When Not Softened By Reason, Or Tempered With Kindness.

Mankind Are Divided Into Sects, And Individuals Think Very Differently On Religious Subjects, From The Purest Motives; And That Gracious Common Parent, Who Loves All His Children Alike, Beholds With Approbation Every One Who Worships Him In Sincerity.