My School Is Attended By Near Three

The Complaint Of Bad Pay, And Difficulty In Obtaining It, Is Almost Generally Reiterated Through Every Department Of Education.

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.

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.

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.

Indeed, I Am Sometimes Inclined To Doubt Whether Some Men Consider Youth As Rational And Intelligent Beings, With Minds Capable Of Expansion, And Talents Formed For Usefulness.