The Institution Of A Public Library, Containing

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 Rich Possess Ample Means To Realize Any Theory They May Chuse To Adopt In The Education Of Their Children, Regardless Of The Cost; But It Is Not So With Him Whose Subsistence Is Derived From Industry.

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.

When Obedience To The Divine Precepts Keeps Pace With Knowledge, In The Mind Of Any Man, That Man Is A Christian; And When The Fruits Of Christianity Are Produced, That Man Is A Disciple Of Our Blessed Lord, Let His Profession Of Religion Be What It May.

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.