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tfiss ^^ ch human beings can e ^ oy ipr expect , we may rational * ly hope tfeey v ^ 'rt l at length dis * ^ o ^ er this bbjebt of thei r search * * / The manners , cond uct and characters of men , ^ take their complexion from the state of the Tinderstahditig and passions : and
Upon the manners , conduct and character the effect of the plans of popular education cannot be otherwise tlian beneficial . Teach human creatures their duty , and the instruction which is imparted
with wisdom and kindness , will not in general be tkrown away . Wi ^ n men are so educated , they \ y \ ll cprnmonly be acquainted with their just station and procein
^ fn , society , and will unite ij ^ tegriiy and diligence with hum * Jbje * " peaceful and inoffensive habits , ~_ Jt , _ hgp been said that * ' by ^ giving the children of the poor the blessings of education , we j # ajfc $ \ ttiem qonceited of their and
f ^ jtafti rneijts dissatis with 4 bieif ^^ dition ; ** But the objecp ^ i oo ;^ ^ by facts : / . . ¦ p ^^ cas ^' the . principle of it , for a
~ , r maxnetiL be stfataitied . The ten--,, ^ ^[ en ^ jr of the diffusion of k . now . ^ / Ji ^ gQ , no doubt , is to remove ip MS aJpd : i ( At Up vallies . There & ^ e swri e distinctions vhith it 4 e ^ py 55 fid ^^ e * obstructions which it levels : yet this it does in the
hesiti and safest way—not by sinking those who are already elevated in rank arid wealth , or , W % t Jsinore important , in point QlU , ^ is < 4 ojxi 9 ktiowledge and virtue ,
^ Vltj ? by "" chajblin ' g . the poor to be ri , ^ ise 5 Jiitelligehrand virtuous , and ¦ ptfcufrjraising them fioth their ori-5 jginpiy qeprtessedj ; and , as they •» .- ^ fi prfHpJ ?^ '" ^ ^ ' hopeless , -circtinn--. ^^ c ^ ,. V If instrCi ^ jtion i ^ uni-
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versally spread by means of popular education , it can render none conceited . 44 Who , " it has justl y been asked * , * ' is proud orr vain because the light of the sun shines upon him ? ' * It is the
same with the cheering beams of knowledge and religion : when these visit every house and every individual ; when these , as to all purposes of solid value ,, gild alike the towering palace and the straw-roofed cottage $ men will be so far upon a level , and no one individual will have cause of exulting orer another , * ' Many of the more remarkable disorders which have happened
in communities , some reasouers ascribe to the restlessness produced by knowledge in the mass of the population . ' Facts speak a different language : facts say , " It is Ignorance which has been the
parent of riot and rebellions it is Ignorance which has prepared the common people for being actors in these scenes , and for following the direction of an intolerant and persecuting spiritwhile peace and that obedience to the laws which fairly vindicates to itself the appellation of loyalty , have uniformly marked those who have enjoyed and improved the blessings of education ? f
It is alleged that " crime * have increased notwithstanding the institution of Sunday and of popular schools ? " Allowing , for argument ' s sake , the fact—have they increased , let me inquire , beyond the rapid advance of the population of the country ? Haye they increased ( which is a yet more important consideration ) among the description of persons who receive ^ the benefit of thes ^ seminaries ? The state and the records
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Essay on Popular Plans " of Education . ' - ' 149
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/13/
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