My School Is Attended By Near Three

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.

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.

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.

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 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.