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in fueling , one with the working men of whom we may consider them as the moral representatives . The number of persons in their sphere , who think as soundly , ajid ., write as clearly , may be small ; but we ask , in what
class is it large ? We may also ask , whether it be possible that their class ^ should not be mcreasiiigly / ffervaded by the inteflectual and moral influence of this association ? They are the thinkers and scribes of their
onjer , ^ ich will stand by them so soon as the fact is perceived that they stand by it , and are enhancing its importance and advancing its interests . Whether the Address be attended to ,
or disregarded , by those who asjpire to be the legislatorial fdundersl bf a national education , its existence ; distinctly ascertains one fw % 9 -r-tthat no attempt | , should § y $ k fte ( piOfdej ¦ to Tender , nommal ifist ^ uGtioT ^ , the Qnearis of trailing
the ^ Tnany po as best to serve the purposes of the few , can possibly pass undetected , or have much chance of popular acceptance . Here are sharp-sighted and stern [ critics ready to scrutinize any
scheme for drilling their children iinto sectarianism or servility . INor will their appetite for know- * cedge be satisfied < with " tfre crumbs tnli ; Ml irptti : the ^ ricfc man ^ s table ^^ Tfe / ' Mve nMH Wow much ^ A ^ ' ^ A ^^^ ^^^ ' ^ Ted with hp $ JiS y % titf his fyetiffyiMMigestion impair $ b y t % e bail CQph j wry of his boasted h / perior ^ provi-
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sion . While others are tplkitfg of the measure in whic ^ i reading , writing , and arithmetic , ^ jjiajr ve doled out to the poor ihenarityschools , they are criticizing the degree in which the knowledge of facts is postponed to that of words in the curriculum of our
ancient universities . Neither the existing prescriptive system , nor the deplorable non-systems of the ignorant traders in education , will satisfy them in a plan for national instruction . There
is another reason for gratification in the perusal of this address , besides the check which it shows to exist upon the ( perversion of national education into subserviency to sinister interests ; and
that is , the proof it affords bf the efficacy of existing means These working men are selftaught , but they have become so in the diligent use of the various appliances that have of late been multiplied . It will be well for those who are honest and earnest
in the promotion of national educasion to inquire what s 1 ic | i ^^ aids and appliances are . Collateral modes of effecting tfyeii ; Jiti ¥ pd $ e may thus be presented , tvfflefcat Jirst would have not beeri retibkfnized as belonging to thti subjtedt Mechanics'institutes , book-cliibs
penny magazines , have had their share in this work of utility , and done good service . In these unexpected developments of superior intelligence amongst the operatives , it will , however , be generally found that there existed (a $ tf on g political r' impulse . Strange' as if iriay' bfe deemed hj n ^ any , ( W §\' hUVe gd 6 d reason for ^ elievitig that superior capacity , ste ^ dmeV 6 f char ^ ter , and ddm ^ dtdtiW rh & i ^ emb ^ ti have to
388 ^Tke Qmm,Tkt Opmmg Of Parliament, An...
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/20/
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