It Is Difficult To Speak Or Write

It Is Difficult To Speak Or Write With Becoming Moderation Or Propriety, On Topics To Which We Are Biased By Prejudice, Interest, Or Even Principle.

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.

Many Thousands Of Youth Have Been Deprived Of The Benefit Of Education Thereby, Their Morals Ruined, And Talents Irretrievably Lost To Society, For Want Of Cultivation: While Two Parties Have Been Idly Contending Who Should Bestow It.

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.

All Are Agreed, That The Increase Of Learning And Good Morals Are Great Blessings To Society.