Indeed, I Am Sometimes Inclined To Doubt

The Sincere Teachers Of Their Youth Should Be Met, Not With An Intention To Dictate To Them, But To Give Additional Force To Their Well-meant Endeavours, And Raise Them To Public Esteem.

I Was Induced To Establish Several Orders Of Merit, From Conviction That Emulation, Well Directed, Becomes A Useful Servant; And, That The Latent Genius Of Some Youth Is More Easily Brought Into Action This Way, Than By The More Sordid Gratification Of Self-interest.

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.

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.

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.