My School Is Attended By Near Three

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

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.

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.

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.

We Daily Witness The Beneficial Effect Produced To The Community By The Institution Of Premiums, Held Out To Encourage The Inventions Of Ingenious Mechanics.