School Is The Cheapest Police.

It Is Well To Think Well; It Is Divine To Act Well.

You May Be Liberal In Your Praise Where Praise Is Due: It Costs Nothing; It Encourages Much.

Want Of Occupation Is The Bane Of Both Men And Women, Perhaps More Especially Of The Latter.

Genius May Conceive But Patient Labor Must Consummate.

Without Undervaluing Any Other Human Agency, It May Be Safely Affirmed That The Common School, Improved And Energized, As It Can Easily Be, May Become The Most Effective And Benignant Of All The Forces Of Civilization. Two Reasons Sustain This Position. In The First Place, There Is A Universality In Its Operation, Which Can Be Affirmed Of No Other Institution Whatever... And, In The Second Place, The Materials Upon Which It Operates Are So Pliant And Ductile As To Be Susceptible Of Assuming A Greater Variety Of Forms Than Any Other Earthly Work Of The Creator.